Hillary Still Sliding In New Hampshire

A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows that Barack Obama has pulled even with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. While there is a huge amount of volatility in the results with a lot of people still on the fence, so to speak, these can't be considered good numbers for Clinton. Oddly enough, John McCain also appears to be making a surge in the poll as well.

PELHAM, N.H. — Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in a dead heat among New Hampshire voters in a statewide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, underscoring the volatility of the race less than three weeks before the nation's first primary.

Among Republicans, Mitt Romney's lead has narrowed to single digits over John McCain, who hopes to repeat the victory here that ignited his presidential campaign in 2000.

The survey's fundamental finding is uncertainty: More than four of 10 voters in each party say they may change their minds before the Jan. 8 primary. That fluidity could magnify the impact of late-breaking news, last-minute gaffes and the Iowa caucuses that will open the presidential season five days earlier.

"People are just taking a hard look at this point," says Jim Hardy, sheriff of Hillsborough County and a McCain supporter who is greeting voters at a campaign town hall with the Arizona senator at Pelham High School on Wednesday night.

If Hillary crashes in Iowa, undecideds may swing over to Obama. This isn't a pretty picture and I imagine there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth at team Hillary headquarters right now.