Obama Withstands Rough 2 weeks

Barack Obama has withstood the rough two weeks in the media, according to the latest poll.

The Poll, conducted by NBC and the Wall Street Journal show Obama and Hillary Clinton even as preferred nominee.

And in more good news, on the positive rating front, Obama leads Clinton 49% to 37%.

Obama is also back in the lead in the head to head match ups with John McCain. He leads McCain by two points, whereas McCain leads Clinton by the same margin.

The polls were taken on Monday and Tuesday, just as the latest gaffe by Hillary Clinton was revealed. Clinton was caught embellishing the truth about her trip to Bosnia in the 1990's.