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Lee Enterprises-Times poll: Obama on top in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD — Illinoisans view Democratic U.S. Sen. Barack Obama as more capable of guiding the economy, better equipped to resolve the Iraq war, and generally more in touch with their problems than Republican John McCain, according to a new poll for the Quad-City Times and Lee Enterprises.
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