JustMissed
03-27-2008, 04:56 PM
I would have thought Obama's association with Rev. Wright would have hurt him badly.
Apparently not according to the Wall Street Journal.
Snipped from wsj.com:
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Democrats Are Tied in New Poll
Prolonged Contest
Is Starting to Wear
On Clinton, Obama
By JACKIE CALMES
March 27, 2008; Page A8
WASHINGTON -- The racially charged debate over Barack Obama's relationship with his longtime pastor hasn't much changed his close contest against Hillary Clinton, or hurt him against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducts the Journal/NBC polls with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, called the latest poll a "myth-buster" that showed the pastor controversy is "not the beginning of the end for the Obama campaign."
POLL FINDINGS
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The latest survey has the Democratic rivals in a dead heat, each with 45% support from registered Democratic voters. That is a slight improvement for Sen. Obama, though a statistically insignificant one, from the last Journal/NBC poll, two weeks ago, which had Sen. Clinton leading among Democratic voters, 47% to 43%.
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• Complete Campaign 2008 coverageBeyond the nomination race, in hypothetical matchups for November's election Sen. Obama still edges Sen. McCain 44% to 42%. That is nearly the same result as in the early March poll, before videos of Mr. Wright's most fiery sermons spread over the Internet. But Sen. Clinton, who likewise had a narrow advantage over Sen. McCain in the earlier survey, trails in this one by two points, 44% to his 46%.
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But the pollster also saw "some evidence here that Sen. Obama's speech did him well." The candidate's support for his handling of the Wright matter was stronger among those voters who said they saw his 37-minute speech.
In the Philadelphia address, which Sen. Obama wrote and titled "A More Perfect Union," he criticized his former pastor for his condemnations of the U.S. for its injustices to blacks, but refused to renounce him.
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Both she and Sen. Obama showed five-point declines in positive ratings from white voters. But where she is viewed mostly negatively, by 51% to 34% of whites, Sen. Obama's gets a net positive rating, by 42% to 37%. Among all voters, he maintained a significant positive-to-negative score of 49% to 32% -- similar to Sen. McCain's 45% to 25%.
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Amazingly, some cable outlets are testing some Jews against Obama talk based on a few statements Rev. Wright made against Israel.
Appears that won't fly as just rumored today, NYC Mayor Bloomberg may endorse Obama. Go figure.
Considering a divided Dem party and the Rev. Wright stuff and Obama is ahead of McCain-jeez, it looks like Obama is "Golden".
Have a nice day. :)
JM
Apparently not according to the Wall Street Journal.
Snipped from wsj.com:
[Quote]
Democrats Are Tied in New Poll
Prolonged Contest
Is Starting to Wear
On Clinton, Obama
By JACKIE CALMES
March 27, 2008; Page A8
WASHINGTON -- The racially charged debate over Barack Obama's relationship with his longtime pastor hasn't much changed his close contest against Hillary Clinton, or hurt him against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducts the Journal/NBC polls with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, called the latest poll a "myth-buster" that showed the pastor controversy is "not the beginning of the end for the Obama campaign."
POLL FINDINGS
snipped
The latest survey has the Democratic rivals in a dead heat, each with 45% support from registered Democratic voters. That is a slight improvement for Sen. Obama, though a statistically insignificant one, from the last Journal/NBC poll, two weeks ago, which had Sen. Clinton leading among Democratic voters, 47% to 43%.
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• Complete Campaign 2008 coverageBeyond the nomination race, in hypothetical matchups for November's election Sen. Obama still edges Sen. McCain 44% to 42%. That is nearly the same result as in the early March poll, before videos of Mr. Wright's most fiery sermons spread over the Internet. But Sen. Clinton, who likewise had a narrow advantage over Sen. McCain in the earlier survey, trails in this one by two points, 44% to his 46%.
snipped
But the pollster also saw "some evidence here that Sen. Obama's speech did him well." The candidate's support for his handling of the Wright matter was stronger among those voters who said they saw his 37-minute speech.
In the Philadelphia address, which Sen. Obama wrote and titled "A More Perfect Union," he criticized his former pastor for his condemnations of the U.S. for its injustices to blacks, but refused to renounce him.
snipped
Both she and Sen. Obama showed five-point declines in positive ratings from white voters. But where she is viewed mostly negatively, by 51% to 34% of whites, Sen. Obama's gets a net positive rating, by 42% to 37%. Among all voters, he maintained a significant positive-to-negative score of 49% to 32% -- similar to Sen. McCain's 45% to 25%.
snipped[EndQuote]
Amazingly, some cable outlets are testing some Jews against Obama talk based on a few statements Rev. Wright made against Israel.
Appears that won't fly as just rumored today, NYC Mayor Bloomberg may endorse Obama. Go figure.
Considering a divided Dem party and the Rev. Wright stuff and Obama is ahead of McCain-jeez, it looks like Obama is "Golden".
Have a nice day. :)
JM