The Kansas City Star’s Prime Buzz Blog is reporting that Missouri is leaning towards Republican John McCain for president against either Democratic rival in the latest Rassmussen Report.

McCain edges out Hillary Clinton 50-41 percent and beats Barack Obama out-right, leading with a whopping 15 point lead at 53-38 percent.

Divine from this what you may, but the KC folks think Missouri’s “bellwether” state status is in jeopardy.

Only 1% of the vote is reporting right now, but according to CNN’s Missouri Exit Poll, Barack Obama won among men (45% of total Democrats voting today), while Hillary Clinton won among women (55% of Democrats voting today).

Obama was favored by voters 18-39. Clinton was favored by voters 40 and over (Clinton lead by just 2 points in the 40-49 category).

54% of whites between 18-29 chose Obama, while more over-30 whites went with Clinton. 63% of white Missouri Democrats over 60 years-old chose Clinton.

Church-goers chose Obama.

In a new CNN national poll, among registered Democrats, Barack Obama now leads Hillary Clinton 49% to 46%. Obama’s lead is within the margin of error.

The poll was taken between Feb 1st and 3rd.

In the same poll, John McCain was leading all Republicans with 44% of support, compared to Mitt Romney’s 29% and Mike Huckabee’s 18%.

ALABAMA
Obama - 44%
Clinton - 37%

ARIZONA
Clinton - 43%
Obama - 41%

GEORGIA
Obama - 47%
Clinton - 41%

ILLINOIS
Obama - 55%
Clinton - 24%

MISSOURI
Clinton - 47%
Obama - 41%

NEW JERSEY
Clinton - 46%
Obama - 39%

NEW YORK
Clinton - 54%
Obama - 38%

CALIFORNIA
Clinton - 45%
Obama - 36%

*As reported on “Meet the Press” this morning

According to a new poll from SurveyUSA, the contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is now too close to call in Missouri.

A new Zogby Interactive poll confirms what many Democrats already believe: If Hillary Clinton wins the nomination, Democrats will lose.

The polls suggests Clinton would lose to every one of the top five Republican presidential contenders. Meanwhile, fellow Democrats Barack Obama of Illinois and John Edwards of North Carolina would defeat every one of the Republicans, this latest survey shows.

EDWARDS vs. REPUBLICANS

Clinton will be in St. Louis this Sunday, Dec. 2. She will be speaking at the Pageant, 6161 Delmar, at 5:00 PM. This is Sen. Clinton’s last trip here before the Iowa primaries. Student tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.hillaryclinton.com/stlouis.

On October 10, pollster Rasmussen Reports asked 500 Missourians the following questions. The results suggest Missouri is still very red.

How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

19% Excellent
17% Good
17% Fair
45% Poor
1% Not Sure

How do you rate the way that Matt Blunt is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

16% Excellent
25% Good
30% Fair
28% Poor
1% Not Sure

If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Matt Blunt or Democrat Jay Nixon?

44% Blunt
43% Nixon
6% Other
7% Not Sure

Would you favor or oppose an increase in the Missouri State Sales Tax to fund bridge repairs?

28% Favor
51% Oppose
21% Not sure

Would you favor or oppose an increase in the Missouri State Sales Tax to fund public education?

40% Favor
49% Oppose
11% Not sure

Would you favor or oppose an increase in the Missouri State Sales Tax to fund health care for lower income residents?

40% Favor
46% Oppose
14% Not sure

Would you favor or oppose an increase in the Missouri State Sales Tax to fund expanding Interstate 70 to six lanes?

18% Favor
67% Oppose
15% Not sure

Should money for highway and bridge improvements come from tolls or higher state sales taxes?

53% Tolls
15% Higher taxes
25% Neither
6% Not sure

Should money from union dues be used to support political candidates or political parties?

12% Yes
74% No
14% Not sure

If a Missouri State Highway Patrol Officer pulls someone over for a traffic violation, should the officer automatically check to see if that person is in the country legally?

79% Yes
13% No
9% Not sure

If an officer finds that a person pulled over for a traffic violation is an illegal alien, should that person be deported?

73% Yes
11% No
16% Not sure

If police officers are required to check the immigration status of every person they pull over, does that create the temptation to discriminate against people based on their name, their accent and the color of their skin?

23% Yes
62% No
15% Not sure

Should the Catholic Church deny communion to pro-choice politicians?

18% Yes
48% No
34% Not sure

Click here to view the full Rasmussen poll results, including Presidential match-ups.

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence