Obama leads Clinton; Americans paying keen attention to 2008 election

clipped from blogs.usatoday.com For the first time, Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The latest national survey shows Obama is drawing support from 47% of Democrats, while 44% say they plan to support Clinton. The 2008 presidential campaign has definitely seized attention. More than three-quarters of respondents say they're paying "quite a lot of attention" to the Democrats and Republicans who want to move into the White House next year.