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Poll: Americans rate Obama over McCain on economy

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Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:40pm EDT

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More Americans think Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama would do a better job handling an economic crisis than his Republican opponent John McCain, according to a CNN public opinion poll released on Monday.

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Forty-nine percent of those questioned said Obama, and Illinois senator, would display good judgment in an economic crisis, six points higher than McCain, an Arizona senator.

(Editing by Bill Trott)



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