[Just Lucky]

It seems to me that if Richardson were going to endorse Obama he would have done it before Clinton won Nuevo Mexico. I expect Richardson to be in the cabinet of the next President.

Here are some Texas poll numbers:

The first publicly available poll of Texas voters was released this morning, and it shows Sen. Hillary Clinton with an eight-point lead over Sen. Barack Obama among likely Democratic voters.
The GOP side is tighter, with Sen. John McCain up four points on former Gov. Mike Huckabee — a statistical tie.
The Texas Credit Union League Poll of Texas Primary Voters, which sampled 400 members of each party, has a margin of error of five percentage points.
Now for the numbers, Democrats first:

• Clinton was ahead 49 percent to 41 percent, with 8 percent undecided.
• When asked their most important concern, Democratic voters chose the economy (28 percent), the situation in Iraq (17 percent) and health care (16 percent).
• Democratic voters are happy with their candidates, with 75 percent having a favorable opinion of Clinton, and 71 percent approving of Obama. Unfavorables were 23 percent for Clinton, 24 percent for Obama.
• Obama supporters liked his ability to foster change (43 percent) and electability (12 percent). Clinton supporters went for her experience (40 percent) and ability to bring change (14 percent).

For Republicans:

• McCain has 45 percent, followed by Huckabee with 41 and Rep. Ron Paul with 6 in his home state of Texas.
• When asked their most important concern, GOP voters chose terrorism and security (26 percent), illegal immigration (23 percent) and the economy (13 percent).
• McCain and Huckabee had identical favorable ratings of 75 percent, but McCain’s unfavorables were higher, 22 percent, versus 15 percent for Huckabee. Opinions of Paul were not sought.
• Among supporters, Huckabee scored high with voters who believe he shares their values, 64 percent. McCain supporters cited his experience (19 percent) and electability (18 percent).

A breakdown of the results — including Texas-specific questions — plus the all-important cross-tabs for the true wonks, are available here.
The credit union league commissions polls before every primary and general election. Public Opinion Strategies did the GOP survey, and Hamilton Campaigns handled the Democratic poll.

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