Gallup: "Obama clear leader" NYT: "Clinton Running Out of Money" Intrade: BHO/JM - 61

Obama is establishing himself as the clear leader -- he opened up a double-digit lead five days ago, and has led by at least 11 percentage points each day since then. While he has generally been ahead of Clinton in Gallup Poll Daily tracking since the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday primaries, he never established a consistent, significant lead until the past few days. (To view the complete trend since Jan. 3, 2008, click here.)

Only three contests remain -- the June 1 Puerto Rico primary and June 3 South Dakota and Montana primaries -- leaving Clinton little time to reverse Obama's gaining momentum. Perhaps more consequential than those primaries is the May 31 Democratic Party meeting to decide the fate of the disputed Michigan and Florida convention delegations.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/05/22/clinton_running_out_of_money.html

The reports show that Mr. Obama raised nearly $31 million in April, about $10 million more than Mrs. Clinton. While the fund-raising gap narrowed from that of the previous month — in March, he outraised her by $20 million — Mr. Obama remains in a far stronger financial position, with $38 million in cash on hand for the rest of the primaries, compared with $6.3 million for Mrs. Clinton.

Further, Mr. Obama’s organization has outstanding debts of only $2 million, money it must pay to vendors for campaign expenses. By comparison, Mrs. Clinton began May with campaign debts of $9.5 million. And that is on top of $11.4 million she herself has lent her campaign, with $5 million of that coming in April and an additional $1.4 million in March.