To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (27112 ) 5/1/2008 7:43:25 AM From: tonto Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 224729 Kenneth, everyone knows that McCain and Bush do not like each other. In fact, read your buddy AS's post regarding how Bush supposedly harmed McCain. You need not start off the day with a lie...it only makes you look desperate and scared. Primary loss, Wright furor hurt Obama in poll Turbulent race takes toll on Dems’ sense of unity, but GOP wounds healing Primary Loss and Furor Over Ex-Pastor Hurt Obama in Poll A Strained Wright-Obama Bond Finally Snaps While Clinton Focuses, Obama Is Distracted McCain Health Plan Could Mean Higher Tax Senate Says McCain Is Qualified By Robin Toner and Megan Thee updated 10:17 p.m. CT, Wed., April. 30, 2008 WASHINGTON - Senator Barack Obama’s aura of inevitability in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination has diminished after his loss in the Pennsylvania primary and amid the furor over his former pastor, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. The poll was conducted Friday through Tuesday, largely before Mr. Obama’s news conference on Tuesday, in which he denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., and may not have fully captured the impact of the controversy or Mr. Obama’s response. But the survey found that Mr. Obama, whose lead in the race for the delegates needed to secure the nomination has given him a commanding position over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton since February, is now perceived to be in a much tighter fight. Fifty-one percent of Democratic primary voters say they expect Mr. Obama to win their party’s nomination, down from 69 percent a month ago. Forty-eight percent of Democrats say he is the candidate with the best chance of beating Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican nominee, down from 56 percent a month ago.