A defeat in Indiana and a close finish in North Carolina, where he's favored, could fuel unease about his ability to win in November. In February, Democrats and Democratic leaners by 33 points said Obama had a better shot at beating Republican John McCain in November. Clinton is now seen as the stronger ...
In Small Towns, Bill Clinton Finds A Campaign Niche
washingtonpost.comFound 10 days, 19 hours, 7 minutes, and 53 seconds agoLUMBERTON, N.C. -- Bill Clinton swung open the screen door and stepped onto Baxter Williams's front porch, its wooden floorboards creaking beneath him. The former president, a veteran speechmaker used to 50,000-seat stadiums and convention halls, sipped from a bottle of water and took in his latest...
First thoughts: The math game
firstread.msnbc.msn.comFound 10 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes, and 54 seconds agoFrom Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** The Math Game: Both candidates seemed very exhausted during their morning show appearances on TODAY and Morning Joe. And that probably isn't surprising -- tomorrow is the last BIG primary day. ...
Flap over pastor hurts Obama
usatoday.comFound 10 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes, and 50 seconds agoA defeat in Indiana and a close finish in North Carolina, where he's favored, could fuel unease about his ability to win in November. In February, Democrats and Democratic leaners by 33 points said Obama had a better shot at beating Republican John McCain in November. Clinton is now seen as the stronger ...
Obama damaged by Wright flap
news.yahoo.comFound 10 days, 10 hours, 58 minutes, and 19 seconds agoDemocratic presidential contender Barack Obama's standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, according to USA Today/Gallup poll published on Monday.
Barack Obama gains after denouncing pastor
reuters.comFound 10 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes agoUSA Today said the results showed the Wright controversy had raised questions for some voters about Obama's values, credibility and electability. The poll showed Hillary Clinton leading Obama 51 percent to 44 percent nationally among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independent voters, in contrast to ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Found 10 days, 15 hours, and 39 seconds ago
corner.nationalreview.com
UPDATE: Gallup finds something different , for what it's worth. 05/05 12:55 AM
Found 10 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes, and 55 seconds ago
politicalwire.com
However, a new USA Today/Gallup poll done at the same time finds Obama's "national standing has been significantly damaged" by the story.
Found 10 days, 14 hours, 39 minutes, and 6 seconds ago
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
05 May 2008 03:08 pm
Chuck Todd : ...nearly half of all remaining delegates will get handed out tomorrow. And the math will be a lot more crystal clear after tomorrow, both in delegates and the popular vote. Following Guam, there are now 404 pledged delegates up grabs, and 187 of them will be decided on Tuesday. Plus, per our count, there are 268 undeclared superdelegates. Here are the basics of what each candidate needs: Assuming he wins half of the delegates tomorrow (93), Obama needs just 38% of ALL remaining delegates to get to the magic number of 2,025.
Found 10 days, 8 hours, 37 minutes, and 15 seconds ago
talkleft.com
The Hillary Clinton campaign sent out a memo today on why West Virginia's primary matters.
Shorter version: Obama may not have spent much time in West Virginia but he threw an awful lot of resources at it.
Some quotes below, but the link takes you to the full memo.
Found 153 days, 12 hours, 13 minutes, and 8 seconds ago
redstate.com
In this "poke fun at the South because it's fun" piece, compliments of the always-neutral International Herald Tribune, we come across a real beauty:
"Tiger Woods is a genius. He is revered. He is above race. But we've learned Obama is not Tiger Woods. If you paid attention to what Reverend Wright said about Obama, then you heard him described as a lightweight, a guy Wright believed had the reflexes of a pol."That famous speech in Philadelphia about race? Wiped out now. What Obama can't deliver ever again, apart from talks and promises, is the certainty he's his own man.
Found 10 days, 13 hours, 2 minutes, and 33 seconds ago
littlegreenfootballs.com
Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:55:34 am PDT
The unanswered questions about Barack Obama's 20-year friendship with Reverend Jeremiah Wright have seriously damaged Obama's poll numbers .
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, according to USA Today/Gallup poll published on Monday.
The poll showed Hillary Clinton leading Obama 51 percent to 44 percent nationally among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independent voters, in contrast to a CBS News/New York Times survey released on Sunday that had Obama leading Clinton by 12 points.
Found 10 days, 10 hours, 58 minutes, and 17 seconds ago
qando.net
f you listen to USA Today , Rev. Wright hurt Obama fairly significantly: Barack Obama's national standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, raising questions for some voters about the Illinois senator's values, credibility and electability.
Found 10 days, 2 hours, 57 minutes, and 51 seconds ago
sayanythingblog.com
Ouch :
The erosion of support among Democrats and independents raises the stakes in Tuesday's Indiana and North Carolina primaries, which represent a chance for Obama to reassert his claim to a Democratic nomination that seems nearly in his grasp. A defeat in Indiana and a close finish in North Carolina, where he's favored, could fuel unease about his ability to win in November. Such results also could help propel Hillary Rodham Clinton's uphill campaign all the way to the Democratic convention in August.
Found 10 days, 10 hours, 53 minutes, and 1 second ago
themoderatevoice.com
When Democrats put aside their anger, they often describe the candidates as to topflight choices. But MSNBC's First Thoughts looks at Clinton and Obama and proclaims "Enough Baggage To Fill A Plane":
There's also plenty baggage going into tomorrow…
Clinton can't name a single economist to back up her gas-tax plan.
Found 10 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 29 seconds ago
themoderatevoice.com
Yesterday we ran a post about a CBS/New York Times poll that said Democratic Senator Barack Obama has rebounded after denouncing his former pastor -- but a new Gallup poll reaches a different conclusion: it concludes Obama has been wounded among independent voters and Democrats.
It also finds that Clinton's husband former President Bill Clinton is also a highly divisive factor among many voters.
Meanwhile, Obama's rival for the Democratic nomination Senator Hillary Clinton has now pulled into the lead among both Democrats and independents:
Found 10 days, 2 hours, 43 minutes, and 35 seconds ago
guerillawomentn.blogspot.com
InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Survey in North Carolina: Obama 48%; Clinton 45%; --Tied Within Margin of Error
Found 10 days, 11 hours, 25 minutes, and 36 seconds ago
theleftcoaster.com
USA Today has bad news for Barack Obama:
Barack Obama's national standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, raising questions for some voters about the Illinois senator's values, credibility and electability.
The erosion of support among Democrats and independents raises the stakes in Tuesday's Indiana and North Carolina primaries, which represent a chance for Obama to reassert his claim to a Democratic nomination that seems nearly in his grasp.
Found 10 days, 9 hours, 48 minutes, and 59 seconds ago
reachm.com
Polling numbers drive me nuts lately as there's often contradictory ones released the same day. Getting past the headlines, however, is the fun part. Consider the accompanying story about today's Gallup/USA Today poll, titled Poll: Flap over pastor hurts Obama
Would you be more or less likely to vote for [candidate] because of their association with [perceived villain]?
Found 10 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes, and 19 seconds ago
time-blog.com
Obama holds a double-digit lead over Clinton in a new national poll by CBS News/New York Times, and Clinton leads Obama by 7 points in a new USA Today/Gallup poll. Also shown in the CBS/NYT poll, both candidates lead McCain by double digits.
USA Today/Gallup
Clinton 51 (+11 vs. last poll, April 18-20)
Found 10 days, 9 hours, 16 minutes, and 2 seconds ago
uncorrelated.com
UPDATE: On the eve of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, the flag-stomping photo of Obama's unrepentant terrorist friend Bill Ayers that I found last night on a pro-Clinton website goes viral. Michelle Malkin . HotAir . LGF . My friend John Ruberry . The Instapundit . My friend Simon at Classical Values . Powerline . The Campaign Spot . Stop the ACLU .
*** Perennial liberal apologist Al Hunt frets Obama almost looks like a victim, wronged by the Rev. Wright. He done me wrong?
Found 10 days, 11 hours, 58 minutes, and 16 seconds ago
faithfulprogressive.blogspot.com
Reuters: Barack Obama gains after denouncing pastor: poll
Found 10 days, 20 hours, 7 minutes, and 57 seconds ago
777denny.wordpress.com
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A new S.E.I.U. ad planned for Indiana contends Obama opposed the Iraq war from the beginning and that money spent in Iraq could be used on American infrastructure, instead. The ad ends by saying "Barack Obama puts America First."
OBAMA FEB. MEMO:
FW: MEMO: A New 527 & the Law of the Swift Boats
TO: Interested Parties
FR: Obama Campaign
RE: The American Leadership Project and the Law of Swift Boats
DA: February 20, 2008
For more information about the initial scuffle between the Obama campaign and the ALP, click HERE .
Found 10 days, 18 hours, 16 minutes, and 48 seconds ago
hedgehogreport.com
Democrat Barack Obama appears to have rebounded from some of the damage caused by the controversy surrounding his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.
Here is how USA Today leads the story of their poll that was done at the exact same time.
Found 10 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes, and 47 seconds ago
barkbarkwoofwoof.blogspot.com
On one key measure, Obama has seen a big reversal since his denunciation of Wright's remarks on Tuesday. He now leads presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in the hypothetical fall contest by eleven points, 51 percent to 40 percent. That compares to a tied match-up in a CBS News/New York Times poll that was released last Wednesday. USA Today says: Barack Obama's national standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, raising questions for some voters about the Illinois senator's values, credibility and electability.
Found 10 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
exposingtheleft.blogspot.com
In the USA TODAY survey , taken Thursday through Saturday, Clinton leads Obama among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents by 7 percentage points, the first time in three months she has been ahead. Two weeks ago, before the controversy over comments by Jeremiah Wright reignited, Obama led by 10 points.
Found 10 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes, and 7 seconds ago
time-blog.com
Obama holds a double-digit lead over Clinton in a new national poll by CBS News/New York Times, and Clinton leads Obama by 7 points in a new USA Today/Gallup poll. Also shown in the CBS/NYT poll, both candidates lead McCain by double digits.
USA Today/Gallup
Clinton 51 (+11 vs. last poll, April 18-20)
Found 10 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes, and 54 seconds ago
victoriakos.blogspot.com
According to Clinton, the new role has provided momentum to his wife's campaign. He speaks mostly to Democrats, and often to crowds made up mainly of the working-class whites who have tended to vote for his wife anyway. Still, in the 20-plus rural Pennsylvania counties Clinton visited, he said his wife won at least 60 percent of the vote. In Lumberton on Wednesday, he relayed that statistic to the crowd and implored, "Please don't break my string." www.washingtonpost.com
Found 10 days, 13 hours, 58 minutes, and 32 seconds ago
cheatseekingmissiles.blogspot.com
ere's the lead on a story reporting the lastest USA Today poll:
Found 10 days, 13 hours, 1 minute, and 53 seconds ago
donklephant.com
Why? Well because USA Today's poll has a much smaller sample size that Gallup's daily, which shows Obama ahead by 4. So this one should be taken with a grain of salt.
Still, here are The details…
Found 10 days, 13 hours, 1 minute, and 45 seconds ago
redstatenetwork.com
In this "poke fun at the South because it's fun" piece, compliments of the always-neutral International Herald Tribune, we come across a real beauty:
"Tiger Woods is a genius. He is revered. He is above race. But we've learned Obama is not Tiger Woods. If you paid attention to what Reverend Wright said about Obama, then you heard him described as a lightweight, a guy Wright believed had the reflexes of a pol."That famous speech in Philadelphia about race? Wiped out now. What Obama can't deliver ever again, apart from talks and promises, is the certainty he's his own man.
Found 10 days, 13 hours, 1 minute, and 52 seconds ago
bluespotblog.com
Poll: Flap over pastor hurts Obama - USATODAY.com Barack Obama's national standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, raising questions for some voters about the Illinois senator's values, credibility and electability.
Found 10 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes, and 40 seconds ago
powerballplace.blogspot.com
Some stories claim Obama has rebounded. ( CBS News ) From another story: In the USA TODAY survey, taken Thursday through Saturday, Clinton leads Obama among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents by 7 percentage points, the first time in three months she has been ahead. Two weeks ago, before the controversy over comments by Jeremiah Wright reignited, Obama led by 10 points. ( USA Today ) From William Kristol: Some voters might think it would have been nice if Obama had been as angry in March at Wright's disrespect to the United States of America as he was in April at Wright's disrespect to Barack Obama.
Found 10 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes, and 42 seconds ago
religion.lohudblogs.com
The Jeremiah Wright flap is really hurting Barack Obama.
According to a new USA Today poll , one-third of likely voters say that Obama's ties to his former pastor make them less likely to vote for him.
Clinton's hurt by her ties to her husband. McCain is hurt by his ties to Bush. But those ties are unavoidable.
The idea that Obama is paying a steep cost for the statements of his former pastor is sure to anger many African-American ministers, based on the conversations I had last week. The ministers I spoke with couldn't understand why Wright has dominated campaign news or why Obama has to say anything more about it.
Found 10 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes, and 32 seconds ago
hughhewitt.townhall.com
Yesterday the Los Angeles Times ran a story on the rearming of Hezbollah :
Found 10 days, 10 hours, 58 minutes, and 15 seconds ago
townhall.com
That's what Reuters writes , and it will be enough for Obama to stagger into Denver with a delegate lead even if he manages to lose Indiana and North Carolina (and Kentucky and West Virginia).
Found 10 days, 10 hours, 58 minutes, and 14 seconds ago
blogrevolution.com
Poll: Flap over pastor hurts Obama
Found 10 days, 10 hours, 51 minutes, and 59 seconds ago
partners.nytimes.com
The Caucus: Tim on Obama's Mind | Early Word
Found 10 days, 10 hours, and 40 seconds ago
guntotingliberal.com
The shameful, revealing fact of the matter, brought to you today by USAToday's Susan Page :
Found 10 days, 9 hours, 48 minutes, and 34 seconds ago
taylormarsh.com
Barack Obama's national standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, raising questions for some voters about the Illinois senator's values, credibility and electability.
The erosion of support among Democrats and independents raises the stakes in Tuesday's Indiana and North Carolina primaries, which represent a chance for Obama to reassert his claim to a Democratic nomination that seems nearly in his grasp. A defeat in Indiana and a close finish in North Carolina, where he's favored, could fuel unease about his ability to win in November.
Found 10 days, 9 hours, 14 minutes, and 57 seconds ago
nevadathunder.com
MSNBC
Both candidates seemed very exhausted during their morning show appearances on TODAY and Morning Joe. And that probably isn't surprising -- tomorrow is the last BIG primary day. Despite the fact that another month of contests is still on the docket, nearly half of all remaining delegates will get handed out tomorrow. And the math will be a lot more crystal clear after tomorrow, both in delegates and the popular vote. Following Guam, there are now 404 pledged delegates up grabs, and 187 of them will be decided on Tuesday.
Found 10 days, 8 hours, 37 minutes, and 5 seconds ago
thecrossedpond.com
Indiana and North Carolina vote tomorrow, allotting about half of the remaining pledged delegates. Chuck Todd lays it out :
…nearly half of all remaining delegates will get handed out tomorrow. And the math will be a lot more crystal clear after tomorrow, both in delegates and the popular vote. Following Guam, there are now 404 pledged delegates up grabs, and 187 of them will be decided on Tuesday. Plus, per our count, there are 268 undeclared superdelegates. Here are the basics of what each candidate needs:
Found 10 days, 6 hours, 1 minute, and 25 seconds ago
switzerblog.com
I've taken my shots at Hillary lately, but this one popped in my head today as I was reading this article about the Reverend Wright "flap". In it, Washington "uncommitted" superdelegate Ed Cote (uncommitted in the sense that he hasn't made his intention to vote for Hillary public - yet) is quoted suggesting: The Wright firestorm is "worrisome because it's created a lot of footage for people to make hit ads â" ammunition for the Republicans." As the Clinton folks have turned over every rock to suggest that winning = losing and losing = electability and Obama can't win despite every poll that says otherwise and common sense and basic math, they've often attacked him, then defended themselves with the "we're worried because Republicans will use this against him" defense.
Found 10 days, 1 hour, 34 minutes, and 47 seconds ago
crosstabs.org
In this "poke fun at the South because it's fun" piece, compliments of the always-neutral International Herald Tribune, we come across a real beauty:
"Tiger Woods is a genius. He is revered. He is above race. But we've learned Obama is not Tiger Woods. If you paid attention to what Reverend Wright said about Obama, then you heard him described as a lightweight, a guy Wright believed had the reflexes of a pol."That famous speech in Philadelphia about race? Wiped out now. What Obama can't deliver ever again, apart from talks and promises, is the certainty he's his own man.
Found 10 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes, and 4 seconds ago
makethemaccountable.com
Poll: Flap over pastor hurts Obama
Found 10 days, 11 hours, 13 minutes, and 34 seconds ago
amerpundit.com
Wow. According to the latest USA Today/Gallup poll , there has been a 17-point swing to Hillary in the past fortnight. Two weeks before the reigniting of Wright, Obama lead amongst Democrats and "Democratic-leaning independents" by 10 percentage points. General Panstuit now leads by 7.
Found 10 days, 9 hours, 57 minutes, and 36 seconds ago
southdakotapolitics.blogs.com
Judges: McCain gave a major address yesterday on this subject. He gave a sound defense of judicial restraint. McCain describes Obama fairly accurately: Senator Obama in particular likes to talk up his
background as a lecturer on law, and also as someone who can work
across the aisle to get things done. But when Judge Roberts was
nominated, it seemed to bring out more the lecturer in Senator Obama
than it did the guy who can get things done. He went right along with
the partisan crowd, and was among the 22 senators to vote against this
highly qualified nominee.
Found 11 days, 8 minutes, and 42 seconds ago
thecommonills.blogspot.com
By the Numbers: A new USA Today/Gallup Poll shows Hillary "lead[ing] Obama among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents by 7 percentage points… Obama led by 10 points" only two weeks ago. Read more. State of the Race: Howard Wolfson and Phil Singer assess the state of the race on a call this morning at 9:45 a.m. ET. Endorsement Watch: "Groundbreaking IndyCar Series driver and team owner, Sarah Fisher" endorsed Hillary today... Fisher said: "[w]e need a president who will stand up for us and be a fighter for Hoosiers and all Americans.
Found 9 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
thepage.time.com
Clinton 51, Obama 44. Two weeks ago, Obama led by 10.
In February, Obama was seen as the stronger candidate against McCain by Dems and Democratic leaners by 33 points. Clinton is now seen as the stronger candidate by 5 points.
Dates conducted: May 1-3. Error margin: 5 points. Read more here.
Found 10 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes, and 45 seconds ago
marcambinder.theatlantic.com
05 May 2008 11:12 am
In Gallup's tracking and in the latest CBS/New York Times survey , Sen. Barack Obama seems to have recovered remarkably quickly from whatever fallout fell upon him from the coverage of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's public tour. USA Today's latest poll -- also, confusingly, from Gallup finds the exact opposite: that a survey taken Tuesday through Saturday shows Clinton leading Obama by seven points among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. What's going on here?
A lot of fluidity within stability.
Found 10 days, 12 hours, 29 minutes, and 14 seconds ago
thepage.time.com
Clinton leads by 7 points. Two weeks ago, Obama led by 10.
In February, Obama was seen as the stronger candidate against McCain by Dems and Democratic leaners by 33 points. Clinton is now seen as the stronger candidate by 5 points.
Dates conducted: May 1-3. Error margin: 5 points. Read more here.
Results differ from Gallup's daily tracking poll, which shows Obama with a narrow lead.
Found 11 days, 2 hours, 18 minutes, and 3 seconds ago
accomackdems.wordpress.com
PPP Poll: Clinton Has Small Lead In Indiana
Found 10 days, 5 hours, 29 minutes, and 4 seconds ago
