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As national polls show dead heats in Texas and Ohio, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama is citing his work on conventional weapons with U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar in his TV ads and at least one newspaper is reporting that Obama would consider Lugar for his cabinet if elected. According to an MSNBC/McClatchy/Mason-Dixon survey in Texas, Obama is ahead of Sen. Hillary Clinton, 46%-45%, although that lead is within the poll’s 4% margin of error. The subgroups break out in predictable ways: Obama leads among men (54%-37%), those under 50 (56%-36%), African Americans (86%-6%), and independents and Republicans (55%-34%); Clinton leads among women (51%-40%), those over 50 (54%-38%), whites (53%-38%), Hispanics (62%-30%), and Democrats (50%-42%). Clinton led in a new Cleveland Plain Dealer/Mason-Dixon poll, 47-43 percent — and that, too, is within the survey’s 4% margin of error. The Sunday Times reported that Obama is hoping to appoint cross-party figures to his cabinet such as Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator for Nebraska and an opponent of the Iraq war, and Richard Lugar, leader of the Republicans on the Senate foreign relations committee. Senior advisers confirmed that Hagel, a highly decorated Vietnam war veteran and one of McCain’s closest friends in the Senate, was considered an ideal candidate for defense secretary. Lugar has not endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain but has said he will support the Republican nominee this fall. Lugar’s office has downplayed reports of potential cabinet nominations in the past, saying the Hoosier Republican loves his work in the U.S. Senate. Since 1972, when there was a movement to replace Vice President Spiro Agnew with President Nixon’s "favorite mayor," Lugar’s name has surfaced as potential vice presidential or cabinet appointees. Lugar is shown here with Obama during a trip to Russia in 2005. (Lugar Senate Photo)
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