RICHARDSON: MORE THAN A BLIP

Bill Richardson finally is out of single digits in an important primary state, according to a new poll by the Zogby organization.

The latest Zogby poll of New Hampshire shows Richardson in fourth place. But he's jumped from 2 percent to 10 percent since early April.

The poll shows Hillary Clinton barely leading Barak Obama 28 percent to 26 percent. John Edwards is in third place with 15 percent.

Commenting on the Democratic race in New Hampshire, pollster John Zogby said, "Of greatest significance is the move of Bill Richardson into double-digits from merely a blip on the screen. He is now a player in all this.”

On the Republican side, Mitt Romney has jumped ahead of both John McCain and Rudy Giuliani.

The poll was conducted May 15 and 16, 2007, included 500 likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters and 503 likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters. The margin of error for each survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points.