Click to play videoNew Delhi: Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in the latest CBS News/New York Times poll released on Sunday. It shows him leading Hillary by 12 points — 50 per cent to 38 per cent — up from an eight-point lead in a survey released early last week.
The change came after Obama distanced himself from Reverend Wright's remarks on AIDS and race that outraged public opinion, but Hillary is fighting on.
"If we're going to take America in a new direction, we need a candidate ready to go toe to toe with John Mccain (Republican presidential candidate) on national security and to win the debate on the economy. I believe with all my heart that I am that candidate to go into this fall election ready to take the case to John Mccain and the Republicans," she said at a public rally.
With hours left for polling to begin, excited supporters of Obama and Clinton faced-off against each other on Sunday in Indianapolis and the opinions were varied.
While some supporters said they wanted a "mid-west boy" back in the White House, and were ready to change America, others said that Hillary was the better option of the two "because of her knowledge and experience in getting along so well with foreign leaders".
For now, both candidates are in last minute campaigning reaching out to just about anybody they believe could make a difference to their fortunes on voting day.
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