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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (34945)	7/16/2008 12:19:52 PM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

It's a poll - in other owrds a guess - Kenneth. Get over it!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (34945)	7/16/2008 12:44:39 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224750

Poll Finds Obama’s Run Isn’t Closing Divide-NY Times provides Obama with the usual excuse for his failure to win votes By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MEGAN THEE, nytimes.com Published: July 16, 2008 Americans are sharply divided by race heading into the first election in which an African-American will be a major-party presidential nominee, with blacks and whites holding vastly different views of Senator Barack Obama, the state of race relations and how black Americans are treated by society, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. The results of the poll, conducted against the backdrop of a campaign in which race has been a constant if not always overt issue, suggested that Mr. Obama’s candidacy, while generating high levels of enthusiasm among black voters, is not seen by them as evidence of significant improvement in race relations. After years of growing political polarization, much of the divide in American politics is partisan. But Americans’ perceptions of the fall presidential election between Mr. Obama, Democrat of Illinois, and Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, also underlined the racial discord that the poll found. More than 80 percent of black voters said they had a favorable opinion of Mr. Obama; about 30 percent of white voters said they had a favorable opinion of him. The nationwide telephone poll was conducted July 7-14 with 1,796 adults, and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points. In an effort to measure views of different races, the survey included larger-than-usual minority samples — 297 blacks and 246 Hispanics — with a margin of sampling error of six percentage points for each subgroup. Black and white Americans agree that America is ready to elect a black president, but disagree on almost every other question about race in the poll. Black voters were far more likely than whites to say that Mr. Obama cares about the needs and problems of people like them, and more likely to describe him as patriotic. Whites were more likely than blacks to say that Mr. Obama says what he thinks people want to hear, rather than what he truly believes. And about half of black voters said race relations would improve in an Obama administration, compared with 29 percent of whites. About 40 percent of blacks said that Mr. McCain, if elected president, would favor whites over blacks should he win the election. There was even racial dissension over Mr. Obama’s wife, Michelle: She was viewed favorably by 58 percent of black voters, compared with 24 percent of white voters. Entire poll results found at nytimes.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (34945)	7/16/2008 4:54:33 PM
From: DizzyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

Oh, this is real impressive Kenneth... See Real Clear Politics - Obama chance of winning is 65% - McCain is 31% This information doesn't even come from a poll. This comes directly from here: intrade.com While you are there, Kenneth, you can also trade several other interesting contracts...here are just a few: 1. Average Global Temperature for 2008 to be among five warmest years on record 2. 2008 Atlantic Hurricance Season Cat3 Storm to make landfall in US State (Jun01-Nov30) 3. Last named storm of 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season (Jun 01 - Nov 30) 4. Will the US ban on offshore oil and gas drilling be lifted? 5. Will drilling for oil in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR) be permitted? And my personal favorite: O.J Simpson - Las Vegas Robbery Case Going to Trial (See Contract Rules. Rule 1.8 applies) Are you now using this site as your new source for predicting the outcome of the 2008 presidential race? It's a gambling site, Kenneth.LOL! You've come up with some real winners in the past. But this one takes the cake. You are such a DNC parrot. Diz- PS: I'm still laughing at you. LOL!