Today in TEMPO

I glance at Tempo fairly regularly and today's version has the first paragraph of this story at the top of the page.

Hillary Clinton dan John McCain kemarin memimpin dalam poling nasional para pemilih Amerika Serikat paling baru. Survei yang dilakukan Los Angeles Times dan Bloomberg News, menunjukkan senator Clinton dengan sembilan poin di depan saingan beratnya di Partai Demokrat Barack Obama. Tapi angka itu lebih rendah dari poling terakhir pada Desember tahun lalu saat ia memimpin di depan dengan selisih 24 poin.

The first sentence isn't too difficult: Hillary Clinton and John McCain yesterday led inside (the) most recent national polls (for their) American political constituent groups (read "parties").

The second sentence isn't hard, either: The survey that was performed by the LA Times and Bloomberg News, shows Senator Clinton with nine points in front of the rival score of Democrat Barach Obama.

The third sentence is a little harder. I'll try and break it into phrases...

• Tapi angka itu lebih rendah... But that (is a) lower score (difference)...
  
• ...dari poling terakhir pada Desember tahun lalu saat... ...from polling done (or finished) at a moment in time (in) December of last year...
  
• ...ia memimpin di depan dengan selisih 24 poin. ...(when) she led, in front with a difference of 24 points.

In other words, But that is a smaller lead than polls showed in December, when Hillary led by 24 points. I think...

Anyway, Indonesia's leading magazine is discussing American presidential politics on its front page today...