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To: sylvester80 who wrote (77209)	3/23/2008 6:25:08 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Sean is running for President?? Link

To: sylvester80 who wrote (77209)	3/23/2008 6:49:53 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 89467

Polling the Obama speech on race The Insider Advantage poll gave it a thumbs down: ... First, we screened poll respondents to find those who were aware that Obama’s pastor was in the news. A startling 82% knew about Obama’s speech, and about the controversy surrounding the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Of those who knew about the controversy and the speech, we asked, “Taking all this into account, are you more or less likely to support Obama for president?” Less likely (52%) More likely (19%) About the same (27%) No opinion (2%) ... The disturbing numbers for Obama are the independent voters. By 56% to 13%, they said they’re less likely to vote for him because of the speech. ... Meanwhile a CBS poll gave it a qualified thumbs up: ... Seven in 10 said Mr. Obama, Democrat of Illinois, did a good job talking about race relations, and as many said he did a good job explaining his relationship with Mr. Wright, according to the CBS News poll. More than 6 in 10 said they mostly agreed with what he said about race relations in the United States, including a broad majority of Democrats and independents. Fewer Republicans — 4 in 10 — agreed with the message. Still, the poll showed some erosion for Mr. Obama. Just over half of registered voters now say he would be a president who is able to unite the country, down from two-thirds a month ago. How the issue will affect Mr. Obama’s presidential aspirations remains to be seen. But 7 in 10 voters nationwide who have followed the race and the issue involving his former pastor, Mr. Wright, said it would make no difference in their vote decision. ... Obviously they did not poll the same people. CBS polls tend to have a Democrat bias and this one seems to fit that pattern. I think the Wright stuff will continue to hurt, because it is opposite of Obama's campaign theme and it is not credible that he was not aware of the hate speech and the blood libel of the US that is contained in those sermons. Most politicians cannot get away with clinging to their best friend who is a bigot. Posted by Merv prairiepundit.blogspot.com