Obama is just not closing the sale with Hillary supporters (the most dejected of which are shifting to McCain) a new USA Today/Gallup poll shows:

Fewer than half of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s supporters in the presidential primaries say they definitely will vote for Barack Obama in November, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, evidence of a formidable challenge facing Democrats as their national convention opens here today.

In the survey, taken Thursday through Saturday, 47% of Clinton supporters say they are solidly behind Obama, and 23% say they support him but may change their minds before the election.

No word on where the remaining 30% are, but the process of elimination would dictate they are not supporting Obama – even tepidly. Obama cannot lose that many Hillary supporters and win, but he is. And I doubt turnout is going to be any different than the last two elections for either side, which is the only way to erase this deficit. It would have to be so lopsided it would be historic, and that is not going to happen this year.

Tags: 2008 Election, Hillary Supporters