Worsening polls reveal Obama's pastor problem

[DeepModem Mom]

Agence France Presse: Worsening polls reveal Obama's pastor problem

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Democrat Barack Obama suffered in the polls Thursday after a much-acclaimed speech on race that, pundits said, had failed to defuse voters' anger over rage-filled sermons by his former pastor....

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A clutch of polls released since Tuesday pointed to an erosion of Obama's support, with white working-class voters and independents especially alienated. That could hurt him in the Democrats' next primary in Pennsylvania on April 22.

The latest Gallup daily tracking poll found Clinton pulling into a seven-point lead nationally over Obama, 49 percent to 42 percent. It was Clinton's first statistically significant lead over Obama in more than a month. "The initial indications are that the speech has not halted Clinton's gaining momentum, as she led by a similar margin in Tuesday night's polling as compared to Monday night's polling," Gallup said.

The poll also found Republican nominee-elect John McCain benefiting from the Democratic brawling. The Arizona senator had an edge of 47 percent to 43 percent over Obama, and a lead of 48 percent to 45 over Clinton.

Another survey by Rasmussen gave Obama a favorable rating of 48 percent among voters. Just before the Wright videos emerged last week, Obama's rating was 52 percent. CBS News poll numbers showed Obama still just ahead of Clinton among Democratic primary voters -- 46 percent to 43. But a month ago, his margin was far wider at 54 percent to 38.

"If the sort of figures we've been seeing in the past 48 hours persist, they will certainly play into the superdelegates' calculation," said Bill Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former White House advisor. With Obama only just ahead of Clinton after 46 Democratic contests, the nomination is likely to hinge on nearly 800 party elders known as superdelegates, who are free to vote as conscience dictates....

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j4bjBBOuH3zr4Ioa-bzHoDWa81JA

[villager]

1. shouldn't we all be working harder to expose McCain's "pastor problems?"

n/t

[Virginia Dare]

2. Didn't some bigot (one of many) just endorse him?..

somebody who hates Catholics or some such?

[Justitia]

3. Crazy nut fundie from San Antonio - John Hagee (Cornerstone Church) -eom

[mac2]

14. I don't care what any preacher has to say...

they have a right to say it in America. I do not want anyone talking about them as part of this primary or campaign.

[Sherril]

16. The Rev. Wright

Excuse Me!!!!  Let's do talk about the sorry wimp as well as
Obama.  How dare the supposed minister has the audacity to
stand on that pulpit and spout such venom. This is the snake
that who curses America and proclaimed moral satisfaction in
the deaths of 3000 innocent people while they are still
looking for bodies at Ground Zero.  And Obama doesn't have
common sense to see what he is???  Oh, I forgot.  Obama wasn't
in church that day.  Well, where has he been since then??     

[villager]

4. not that you'd know it from either the MSM or even the focus of posts in here....

But yes.

[Dr Fate]

5. No. DLC rules prohibits attacking conservatives on religion.

You can only use guilt by association tactics to attack progressive, bi-racial Democrats on religion.

[Up2Late]

6. Oh, we will...

...but we had to "fix" our own "pastor problem" first. Better now than in September or October.

[Misanthrope2]

7. Hagee not like Wright.

McCain is not a member of the nutball's church and did not make the nutball an advisor and personal friend, like Obama did with Wright. There is no twenty year relationship, as with Wright and Obama.

[Justitia]

9. I'm sure McCain appreciates your defense. -eom

[Misanthrope2]

11. The truth is always relevant.

Attacking me is not disputing the point that Hagee is not like Wright.

But since you went personal, how many times were you elected to office as a Democrat?

I was elected in OC, Southern California, where I battled Republicans for years.

My Democratic bona fides are probably much stronger than yours, not including my magna cum laude degree in political science and my honors degree in law from a top law school. And we could talk about the many times I fought racism with demonstrations, rallies and speeches where I actually risked arrest, unlike the poseur Obama.

So, you who wants to get personal, how do your bona fides compare?

[villager]

10. hey, McCain defender, check out this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5174547

[Misanthrope2]

12. I just stated the truth, which you did not dispute.

Calling me names is juvenile and does not dispute the point that Hagee is not like Wright.

If you have something to say, write it. I do not "check out this thread."

As I wrote, Hagee was not McCain's advisor and McCain was not a member of his church for many years.

Come back when you have some facts.

[Up2Late]

8. Good.

Better now than in September.

[mac2]

13. Might be they are finding out what Obama really is up to?

The media created star has begun to fade?

[1trackmindGOP]

15. McCain's spiritual advisor is very BAD!

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=47232§ionid=3510203

[iiibbb]

17. Tracking daily polls is just about like tracking the stock market.

You have to take the long view. Daily traders are gamblers.