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Obama Damaged by Rev. Wright

Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:55:34 am PST

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.

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[deleted] 5/05/08 9:56:34 am 2
#2 Occasional Reader 5/05/08 9:56:36 am 7

This thread is not helping Michelle Obama's children!

[deleted] 5/05/08 9:57:17 am 1
#4 Honorary Yooper 5/05/08 9:57:19 am 16

The only poll I trust that which comes out after all the votes are tallied.

#5 jamgarr 5/05/08 9:57:33 am 9

Note to Democrat Superdelegates:

Look up Hobson's Choice

#6 Noam Sayin' 5/05/08 9:57:46 am 0

Excellent. Time to work over Hillary.

#7 NoSubmission 5/05/08 9:58:02 am 0

Impressive.

#8 retrotrucker 5/05/08 9:58:05 am 1

You mean there is someone else running besides Obama?

#9 bosforus 5/05/08 9:58:13 am 0

re: #4 Honorary Yooper

...and even then

#10 Occasional Reader 5/05/08 9:58:27 am 0

re: #6 Noam Sayin'

Excellent. Time to work over Hillary.

The New Republic (believe it or not) is on the job.

[deleted] 5/05/08 9:58:40 am 0
#12 Honorary Yooper 5/05/08 9:59:02 am 0

re: #8 retrotrucker

You mean there is someone else running besides Obama?

You'd never know it from the MSM coverage.

Of course, Hillary went on Fox as well, and more recently. Does the Daily Kos have an article out condeming her for it yet?

#13 CIA Reject 5/05/08 9:59:06 am 0

"The poll showed Hillary Clinton leading Obama 51 percent to 44 percent nationally among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independent voters"
#14 bluegrassredstate 5/05/08 9:59:15 am 2

saw this coming . . . demodogs want the wright situation to go away so badly. they should just pretend it never happened, or come up with some kind of conspiracy theory like the 9.11 truth people.

wright truth!

#15 Consanescerion 5/05/08 9:59:18 am 2

He can't win the general election anyway.

But shucks, I’m just a “typical white person”; one of those who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations”. What do I know?

#16 Ben Hur 5/05/08 9:59:20 am 10

The television told me that this is an old story.

That we must move beyond this.

And it wouldn't stop telling me this all weekend.

#17 poteen 5/05/08 9:59:49 am 0

I wonder what the Clinton campaign gave to get Wright to turn on a member of his 'flock'?

#18 CIA Reject 5/05/08 10:00:07 am 12

ROVE, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!

#19 retrotrucker 5/05/08 10:00:13 am 0

I thought it was Hillary v. Barak and McCain was the third party spoiler. Damn that pesky FOX news!

[deleted] 5/05/08 10:00:16 am 0
#21 jcm 5/05/08 10:00:22 am 0

The damage is not that serious.
Capt. Smith.

The damage is not that serious.
B. Hussein.

#22 MandyManners 5/05/08 10:00:24 am 0

re: #17 poteen

I wonder what the Clinton campaign gave to get Wright to turn on a member of his 'flock'?

Bill's last testicle?

#23 jamgarr 5/05/08 10:00:26 am 3

re: #17 poteen

I wonder what the Clinton campaign gave to get Wright to turn on a member of his 'flock'?


A copy of Vince Foster's obit?

#24 bosforus 5/05/08 10:00:37 am 0

re: #16 Ben Hur

The television told me that this is an old story.

That we must move beyond this.

And it wouldn't stop telling me this all weekend.

I wasn't sure until Michelle Obama told me. Then I knew it was safe to move on and that I should've stopped worrying about it a while ago.

#25 Ojoe 5/05/08 10:01:09 am 13

Obama's poll number with me is zero

#26 Racer X 5/05/08 10:01:23 am 1

The democrat party is in turmoil.

#27 Ringo the Gringo 5/05/08 10:01:23 am 2

Obama would make an easier candidate for the Republicans to beat than Hillary Clinton.

#28 rabidsquirrel 5/05/08 10:01:41 am 6
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.

Obviously, half of the Democrats and Democratic-leaning independent voters are racist; the other half are sexist.

/Nuance: It's what's for dinner!

#29 Occasional Reader 5/05/08 10:01:58 am 3

Hillary's poll is rising!

(ewwwww)

#30 Lively 5/05/08 10:02:01 am 0

Dear Obama,
You can't fool all of the people some of the time. I hope they don't go back to lovin' on Obama.

/I can't believe post #1 uttered first and got away with it.

#31 Ben Hur 5/05/08 10:02:10 am 0

Spike Lee thinks someone is paying Wright to keep speaking.

"Donating to the chuch building fund" I think he said.

No War for Turmoil!

#32 Just Another Four-letter Word 5/05/08 10:02:16 am 0

Operation Chaos appears to be working (in conjunction with Rev. Wrong's on-air rants)!

Got popcorn? Gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight (Denver...).

JAFLW

#33 sadatoni 5/05/08 10:02:19 am 0

What about all the other iffy people he keeps company with?

#34 Bill Amos 5/05/08 10:02:42 am 2

Wirght didnt damage Obama as much as Obama damaged Wright by bring his slime out into the public's eyes.

Obama hurt himself by supporting this garbage and thinking no one would find out or care even if they did.

#35 lawhawk 5/05/08 10:02:49 am 11

Damaged? I think that's overstating the case. The polls show narrowing, but Obama still has enough support to carry him into the convention with enough support to potentially win the nomination.

Most people aren't paying attention to the political chatter, despite the fact of the seriousness of the issues involved. Sometimes I think we misread the political situation because we're so plugged into every news story that rolls across the wires. It's about playing and managing expectations.

Still, the whole Wright mess should have destroyed Obama's chances, but it hasn't done so - despite a month of this dragging on. And it will continue to drag out as Obama's choice of characters to associate with remains a story. If it hasn't eliminated him as a candidate until now, I doubt that anything on this front between now and election day will do so unless there is a story so bad about Wright and Obama that it would have the capacity to shake the election to the core.

#36 Lively 5/05/08 10:02:50 am 0

re: #25 Ojoe

Obama's poll number with me is zero


LOL

#37 bosforus 5/05/08 10:02:56 am 2

re: #25 Ojoe

Obama's poll number with me is zero

From me it's a one.
oo1oo

#38 dennisw 5/05/08 10:03:00 am 2

'Bama's been riding dirty and that ride is near an end

#39 JammieWearingFool 5/05/08 10:03:04 am 1

I'm shocked the NYT/SeeBS poll was bogus.

#40 Ojoe 5/05/08 10:03:23 am 0

re: #31 Ben Hur

It is lucibello paying IMHO

#41 maddogg 5/05/08 10:03:35 am 6
Obama Damaged by Rev. Wright

Thats kinda like saying you were damaged by your reflection in the mirror.

#42 realwest 5/05/08 10:03:59 am 6

I would like a serious answer to this question: How has Obama managed to get so far (and in fact may yet be the Dem nominee for POTUS) without having laid out even ONE specific plan for how he's going to effect the CHANGE he keeps talking about - and no, I don't think "We'll talk to Iran" is a specific plan-? Anyone?

#43 Just Another Four-letter Word 5/05/08 10:04:00 am 2

re: #21 jcm

The damage is not that serious.
Capt. Smith.

The damage is not that serious.
B. Hussein.

"There are no American Forces in Baghdad!"
Baghdad Bob

(snicker)

JAFLW

#44 JamesTKirk 5/05/08 10:04:03 am 2

in contrast to a CBS News/New York Times survey

...which is only good for telling you what CBS/NYT wants you to think, as opposed to what people are actually thinking.

#45 bucephalas 5/05/08 10:04:15 am 4

You think the electorate has finally found out that the post-racial candidate is a member of a blatantly racist church? The irony meter has been completely destroyed by the democratic primary.

#46 Ojoe 5/05/08 10:04:41 am 7

re: #42 realwest

Because of a big supply of fools in this country

#47 CIA Reject 5/05/08 10:04:52 am 0

So, to sum up: Obama was number one.

Now he's just number 2...

/You'll always be number 2 to me, Barry

#48 Nevergiveup 5/05/08 10:04:54 am 1

re: #35 lawhawk

Damaged? I think that's overstating the case. The polls show narrowing, but Obama still has enough support to carry him into the convention with enough support to potentially win the nomination.

Most people aren't paying attention to the political chatter, despite the fact of the seriousness of the issues involved. Sometimes I think we misread the political situation because we're so plugged into every news story that rolls across the wires. It's about playing and managing expectations.

Still, the whole Wright mess should have destroyed Obama's chances, but it hasn't done so - despite a month of this dragging on. And it will continue to drag out as Obama's choice of characters to associate with remains a story. If it hasn't eliminated him as a candidate until now, I doubt that anything on this front between now and election day will do so unless there is a story so bad about Wright and Obama that it would have the capacity to shake the election to the core.

You mean the fact that Wright did family counseling for a couple, and then decided to "Ride Dirty" with her was not bad enough?

#49 bosforus 5/05/08 10:04:54 am 9

re: #42 realwest

I would like a serious answer to this question: How has Obama managed to get so far (and in fact may yet be the Dem nominee for POTUS) without having laid out even ONE specific plan for how he's going to effect the CHANGE he keeps talking about - and no, I don't think "We'll talk to Iran" is a specific plan-? Anyone?

Serious answer: He aligned his image with a large anti-Bush sentiment.

#50 taxfreekiller 5/05/08 10:05:06 am 6

High ranking members of both sides of the two party evil money cult in Washington D.C. have done great damage to the U.S.A., We the People, and freedom,justice the American way, and our beloved Constitution.

Obama is just the ugly tip of this ice berg of lies and fraud.

His wife, and associates fan out under water for miles and miles.

Beware America, your vote has not counted for a long long time.

#51 Just Another Four-letter Word 5/05/08 10:05:12 am 0

re: #30 Lively

Dear Obama,
You can't fool all of the people some of the time. I hope they don't go back to lovin' on Obama.

/I can't believe post #1 uttered first and got away with it.

...that's because it was nuanced.

JAFLW

#52 JamesTKirk 5/05/08 10:05:16 am 0

re: #19 retrotrucker

I thought it was Hillary v. Barak and McCain was the third party spoiler. Damn that pesky FOX news!

Jokes on you. All three of them are from the same party.

#53 Ojoe 5/05/08 10:05:17 am 0

re: #37 bosforus

Digital means finger

#54 lawhawk 5/05/08 10:05:19 am 1

re: #42 realwest

I would like a serious answer to this question: How has Obama managed to get so far (and in fact may yet be the Dem nominee for POTUS) without having laid out even ONE specific plan for how he's going to effect the CHANGE he keeps talking about - and no, I don't think "We'll talk to Iran" is a specific plan-? Anyone?

Who needs a plan. It's about hope and change. /drink the kool aid baby!

#55 buzzsawmonkey 5/05/08 10:05:37 am 0

re: #42 realwest

I would like a serious answer to this question: How has Obama managed to get so far (and in fact may yet be the Dem nominee for POTUS) without having laid out even ONE specific plan for how he's going to effect the CHANGE he keeps talking about - and no, I don't think "We'll talk to Iran" is a specific plan-? Anyone?

Because "form follows function" was long ago replaced by "posture trumps substance."

#56 JammieWearingFool 5/05/08 10:05:49 am 1

re: #42 realwest

I would like a serious answer to this question: How has Obama managed to get so far (and in fact may yet be the Dem nominee for POTUS) without having laid out even ONE specific plan for how he's going to effect the CHANGE he keeps talking about - and no, I don't think "We'll talk to Iran" is a specific plan-? Anyone?

A sycophantic media.

#57 Sharmuta 5/05/08 10:05:50 am 2

Looks like his chickens are coming home to roost.

#58 poteen 5/05/08 10:06:00 am 0

re: #19 retrotrucker

It wouldn't be a bad time for a true third party run.
Republicans, to a large extent, aren't happy with McCain and the democrats are impaled on their politically correct donkey dicks.
The conditions are as good as they can get.

#59 Lively 5/05/08 10:06:03 am 0

I'd like to see Wright write a book (ghost writer, of course) and go on a tour before this November and make lots of money.

/strike while the iron is hot

#60 nyc redneck 5/05/08 10:06:07 am 6

re: #2 Occasional Reader

This thread is not helping Michelle Obama's children!

michelle obama is not helping michelle obama's children.

#61 buzzsawmonkey 5/05/08 10:06:11 am 0

BTW, realwest; I gave you a belated reply at the bottom of the Ayers thread.

#62 Ben Hur 5/05/08 10:06:27 am 0

Wow, not one "racially charged" in the whole article.

About anything.

#63 Nevergiveup 5/05/08 10:06:33 am 0

re: #59 Lively

I'd like to see Wright write a book (ghost writer, of course) and go on a tour before this November and make lots of money.

/strike while the iron is hot

According to rumors, that is the plan.

#64 bosforus 5/05/08 10:06:53 am 0

re: #53 Ojoe

Digital means finger

Was there a binary joke in there that I didn't get?

#65 Racer X 5/05/08 10:06:54 am 1

re: #42 realwest

Facts and plans are meaningless to dems. It's all about feelings. And Hope. And Change!

#66 opnion 5/05/08 10:06:54 am 1

Stop, stop! Michelle Obama said that it is time to meve on.
Wait, the polls did.
Michelle, are you proud of your country now?

#67 paxnhymn 5/05/08 10:07:10 am 0

re: #23 jamgarr

A copy of Vince Foster's obit?

LOL! Or the autopsy report. Let Wright figure out how someone commits suicide shooting themselves in the back of the head...

#68 galloping granny 5/05/08 10:07:11 am 1

Not damaged badly enough yet. And I suspect that in the end it might be the wifey who does him in.

#69 lawhawk 5/05/08 10:07:36 am 0

re: #48 Nevergiveup

Heh, we know that Wright isn't a paragon of virtue - that only adds to it, but it's not going to drive the death knell into the Obama campaign.

#70 Ben Hur 5/05/08 10:07:43 am 0

re: #40 Ojoe

It is lucibello paying IMHO


Lucibello?

Who is that?

Satan?

#71 bluegrassredstate 5/05/08 10:07:46 am 0

rove - that cancer on the organism that is american democracy.

#72 Phil N Blanx 5/05/08 10:07:46 am 6

Does this mean we allowed to believe our own ears now?

#73 BlueMag 5/05/08 10:07:46 am 1

I'm wondering if Barack and Michelle are still finally proud of their country. Where's my violin. The extra tiny one...

#74 Racer X 5/05/08 10:07:59 am 21

I still think this quote is damn funny:

"We in Denmark cannot figure out why you Americans are even bothering to hold an election.

On one side, you have a bitch who is a lawyer, married to a lawyer, and a lawyer who is married to a bitch who is a lawyer.

On the other side, you have a true war hero married to a woman with a huge chest who owns a beer distributorship.

Is there a contest here?"

#75 zmdavid 5/05/08 10:08:06 am 0

re: #42 realwest

I would like a serious answer to this question: How has Obama managed to get so far (and in fact may yet be the Dem nominee for POTUS) without having laid out even ONE specific plan for how he's going to effect the CHANGE he keeps talking about - and no, I don't think "We'll talk to Iran" is a specific plan-? Anyone?


No candidate has proposed specifics.

#76 Ben Hur 5/05/08 10:08:11 am 0

Polls are a distraction to Michelle's children.

#77 JamesTKirk 5/05/08 10:08:17 am 1

re: #62 Ben Hur

Wow, not one "racially charged" in the whole article.

About anything.

Why don't we ever hear about people being sexually charged?

#78 lawhawk 5/05/08 10:08:24 am 0

re: #68 galloping granny

That's certainly possible, though if Wright does his speaking tour in October/November as planned, he could be a major distraction if Obama is on the ticket.

#79 madmax517 5/05/08 10:08:31 am 0

You go grrrlll!
I'd never vote for Shrillary, but like the man said, if she gave obambi one of her balls they'd both end up with two. It would be lovely to see Barry Hussein lose at any stage of the race and hear a candid assessment from the obamalamadingos why he lost- honky mf'er racism most likely in the eyes, Hillary lies or VRWC.

#80 Ojoe 5/05/08 10:08:48 am 1

re: #64 bosforus
Highway 101 is Binary Highway 5

(Completely off topic)

#81 buzzsawmonkey 5/05/08 10:08:48 am 4

re: #77 JamesTKirk

Why don't we ever hear about people being sexually charged?

I, for one, am tired of being financially charged.

#82 galloping granny 5/05/08 10:08:49 am 0

re: #16 Ben Hur

The television told me that this is an old story.

That we must move beyond this.

And it wouldn't stop telling me this all weekend.

Because Michelle thinks it is bad for her children!

#83 poteen 5/05/08 10:09:03 am 0

re: #74 Racer X

Only in America LOL.

#84 Ojoe 5/05/08 10:09:08 am 0

re: #70 Ben Hur

Yes, in Italian.

#85 paxnhymn 5/05/08 10:09:12 am 1

re: #65 Racer X

Facts and plans are meaningless to dems. It's all about feelings. And Hope. And Change!


well theie "hope" is gonna be, "Hope he doesn't take away all of my freedoms" and their "Change" is gonna be changing their party insignia to the hammer and sickle if he's elected...

#86 JamesTKirk 5/05/08 10:09:12 am 0