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Democrat Barack Obama expanded his lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire to 13 points as voting began in the state’s critical presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona also widened his advantage over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, taking a 36 percent to 27 percent edge after months of hard campaigning in the state. Obama continued to feed on the momentum from his performance in Iowa last week, when he and Republican Mike Huckabee scored breakthrough wins that left Clinton and Romney reeling. [Read more]