0-10

With a 58%-41% loss in Wisconsin and a 75%-24% drubbing in Hawaii, the Clinton campaign is now 0-10 since Feb. 5th (I guess it didn't help to send Chelsea to campaign in Maui). That's not all the bad news as it looks now that Clinton has fallen into a double-digit deficit to Obama in the national polls:

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Barack Obama has surged past Hillary Clinton to open a big national lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. ...

Heading into crucial March 4 nominating contests in Ohio and Texas, Obama has gained the upper hand in a close and fierce Democratic duel with Clinton. McCain broke open the Republican race and has driven out most of his leading rivals.

The poll showed Obama with a 14-point edge over Clinton, 52 percent to 38 percent, after being in a statistical tie with the New York senator last month.

Obama's new lead follows a string of 10 wins in February for the Illinois senator, who has moved ahead in the battle for pledged delegates who vote on the party's nominee at the August convention.

"Obama has the hot hand and you can clearly see his momentum in the national numbers," pollster John Zogby said. "This is what happens when you win a bunch of primaries in a row -- or maybe this is why you win a bunch of primaries in a row."

The poll was taken last Wednesday through Saturday, before a weekend controversy over Obama's uncredited recycling of speech lines from a friend, and before Obama captured two more wins in Wisconsin and Hawaii on Tuesday to extend his winning streak.

In the poll, Obama led Clinton among Democrats and independents, in all age groups except seniors and in all income groups except those making under $25,000 a year. He led narrowly among whites and more widely among men. He was tied among women with Clinton, who would be the first woman U.S. president.

Although the poll was conducted before the plagiarism charges from Clinton, the election results show that the voters didn't really care and in fact may have turned against Clinton even more.

I think Michelle Obama's comments about "having pride in America for the first time in her adult life" will be more of a problem, but not in the primary. Clinton never complained about that comment because she probably agrees with her. It was John McCain that raised the issue and made a point to mention it indirectly in his victory speech last night. Unless the Obama campaign manages to walk back those comments it will be a problem for them in the general election.