Polls Show Obama and Clinton Close

Several new polls have Senator Barack Obama catching up to Senator Hillary Clinton nationally and in the all important March 4th presidential primary states of Texas and Ohio.
The New York Times/CBS News poll has a margin of error of +/- 5 percentage points and says that Obama is leading Clinton 54 to 38 percent among Democratic primary voters about which candidate they want to be the Democratic presidential nominee. In head-to-head matchups with Clinton versus McCain and Obama versus McCain, Obama does better (Obama lead McCain 50-38 versus a 46-46 between Clinton and McCain).

In the Associated Press/Ipsos poll Obama leads Clinton nationally 46-43 where last month he trailed her by 5 points.

In Ohio and Texas, according to DailyKos the race is also getting tighter,

TEXAS
SurveyUSA.
2/23-25. Likely voters. MoE 3.8% (2/19 results)
Obama 49 (45) Clinton 45 (50)

OHIO
Quinnipiac.
2/18-23. 741 Likely Voters. MoE 3.6%. (2/14 results)
Clinton: 51 (55) Obama: 40 (34)

Ohio
Poll (PDF). 2/21-24. 529 Likely Voters. MoE 4.3%. (No trend lines.)
Clinton: 47 Obama: 39

The race may be decided March 4th after all!