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A new poll shows Obama widening his lead to double digits over McCain, doing well with most groups including Clinton supporters.

That news begins unity week for the once antagonistic Obama and Clinton forces, as they plan a joint appearance for New Hampshire on Friday and meet Thursday with campaign donors to coordinate fundraising. And according to ABC’s Jack Tapper,:

ABC News has learned that on a conference call with his national finance team this afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, asked his top contributors to help Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, retire her more than $10 million in outstanding vendor debt. He did not specify an amount.

The announcement came about the same time as this statement from Bill Clinton’s spokesman:

"President Clinton is obviously committed to doing whatever he can and is asked to do to ensure Senator Obama is the next president of the United States," Clinton’s spokesman Matt McKenna told Reuters in a one-sentence e-mail.

John McCain can only watch with envy. His efforts to recruit disappointed Clinton supporters do not appear to be doing well, as only 11 percent of Clinton supporters are now supporting McCain, acccording to the most recent Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.

That poll shows Obama leading by 12 percentage points — 49% to 37% — in a head-to-head contest, and by 15 points, — 48% to 33% — in a four-way race that includes Barr and Nader. Seems the Republicans aren’t crazy about McCain:

Even among voters who say they do plan to vote for McCain, more than half say they are "not enthusiastic" about their chosen candidate; only 45% say they are enthusiastic. By contrast, 81% of Obama voters say they are enthusiastic, and almost half call themselves "very enthusiastic," a level of zeal that only 13% of McCain’s supporters display.

"McCain is not capturing the full extent of the conservative base the way President Bush did in 2000 and 2004," said Susan Pinkus, director of the Times Poll. "Among conservatives, evangelicals and voters who identify themselves as part of the religious right, he is polling less than 60%.

"Meanwhile, Obama is doing well among a broad range of voters," she said. "He’s running ahead among women, black voters and other minorities. He’s running roughly even among white voters and independents."

Among white voters, Obama and McCain are dead even at 39% each, the poll found. Earlier this year, when Obama ran behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) among white voters in some primary elections, analysts questioned whether the African American senator could win white voters in the general election.

But the great majority of Clinton voters have transferred their allegiance to Obama, the poll found. Only 11% of Clinton voters have defected to McCain.

Obama’s inroads with the "religious right" come despite, or perhaps because of, a spat over biblical interpretation he’s having with James Dobson. Dobson seems bent on proving his beliefs are more religiously intolerant than the rest of us. He may be right.

So the likely Democratic candidate is reaching out to the Clintons, and he’s gathering growing support from Democrats. They’re all enthusiastic, except . . . us. Sure would be nice if the candidate could stand with Senators Russ Feingold and Chris Dodd (see last night’s speech) and with his party’s most activist base on protecting the Constitution, judicial oversight and executive accountability. Then we could share some of the enthusiasm too.

Over at Hullaballoo dday reports Harry Reid saying FISA votes may not come until after the July 4 break. The Senate’s focus is the mortgage relief bill, but Marcy has more on what Reid’s delay means.

In the meantime, per Jane, you know what to do.

Obama’s offices:
Senate DC office: (202) 224-2854
Senate DC fax: (202) 228-4260
Campaign: (866) 675-2008 (choose option 6)

Christy has more Senate numbers, while Glenn (h/t selise) and Marcy have more reasons to call.

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