BREAKING in this post: New poll numbers, Obama surprise TV appearance, AC 360 statements and more

[Tropics_Dude83]

Obama suffered a little from Wright but he still leads Clinton and Mccain nationally per CBS.

Here are all the details:

Obama/46-%-Clinton 43%

More on the CBS News PollHead-to-head matchups:

Obama 48, McCain 43 (In February Obama led McCain 50 to 38)

Clinton 46, McCain 44.

Among independents:

Obama trails McCain by 8 points, Clinton trails McCain by 11 points.

Favorability rating:

Obama 44, Clinton 39, McCain 38.

Unfavorability rating:

Clinton 41, McCain 31, Obama 28.

On superdelegates:

–If Obama wins more elected delegates but Clinton becomes the nominee because of supers 36% of Obama supporters would be angry, 56% would be disappointed, 8% would be satisfied.

–If Clinton wins more total votes but Obama takes the nomination because of superdelegates, 22% of Clinton supporters would be angry and 51% would be disappointed.

–46% of Dems say supers should support whichever candidate wins the most votes in primaries and caucuses. 30% say they should support the candidate with the best chance to win in November, 21% say they should back whomever they like.


Development #2: Obama goes on the View with the 4 ladies on March 28.

Development #3: Obama tells AC 360 that the Wright controversy has shaken him up and that he understands his chances of being elected are worse than other more conventional candidates.

[FARAFIELD]

1. Like ive always said

OBAMA is the most likeable and those guys will do good this time in the general elections

[citygal]

14. You're right...

likability is an extremely important factor when people go to the polls in November.

And Obama is a very likable guy, especially compared to Grandpa Munster.

[loveangelc]

link?

[thewiseguy]

6. Link here

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/RCP_PDF/CBS_MAR08A-DEMS.pdf

[David Dunham]

2. Development 4: Hillary leads Obama in Gallup poll 49 to 42

[loveangelc]

3. DEVELOPMENT 6: DAILY TRACKING POLL

how reliable are daily tracking polls? even the pollsters say they are less and less reliable.

oh and DEVELOPMENT 7: rasmussen has him up four or five in his tracking poll for today

:)

[Tropics_Dude83]

4. Go to Mark Halperin's page-he pulls these numbers all together

[Tropics_Dude83]

5. Also Halperin reports "make no mistake-Obama will be the democratic nominee unless something drastic

happens"

[slinkerwink]

8. and that'd be the superdelegate takeover

[Zhade]

13. LOL! clintbots wish! Never gonna happen.

They'd be fucking over the voters by going with the loser.

[slinkerwink]

21. hillary's using the wright story now

and the latest polls to make her "obama is unelectable" argument to superdelegates.

[roguevalley]

24. they wouldn't dare. they want their careers. who is willing to let their

career die to give the election to someone who didn't win it?

[Teaser]

9. can you link it?

I have a hard time navigating ABC's site...

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Gallup sucks ass, ever since republican Jr took over running it

when non-partisan Dad retired.

[usregimechange]

10. kick!

[Bensthename]

11. Give Obama another week and this Wright thing will be gone

for the most part. And it will be lumped with Clintons NAFTA-gate and McCains Iraq war he is tied to.

So back to square one next week. Then big brain Obama will show again why he is leading this race.

[jackson_dem]

12. Wow. Obama led McCain 50-38 in the last CBS poll; Clinton moved from tie to 2 point lead

Although two points is still a statistical dead heat. So Clinton moved up 2, Obama took a 7 point hit in less than a month (if it were just McCain going up both would have went down. This poll is yet another that shows Obama falling). This is more proof of his declining electability. Thanks for posting. ;)

[PerfectSage]

17. Go take a look at the Drudge Report

It doesn't take a genius to figure out Obama/Wright is over and it's Hillary's turn.

Gobama!
Go Dean's 50 State Strategy!
Go Grassroots!

[K Gardner]

15. I think he's doing Larry King tomorrow night for the whole hour. Anybody else hear this?

[peruviancharm]

16. Rasmussen today McCain over Obama by 6%

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[Teaser]

18. Is that CyberPiehole again so soon?

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[Frank Booth]

19. So today I guess you're an Obama "fan" again? *nt*

[Tropics_Dude83]

23. Walter....

You have no idea how hard these last few days have been on me. I was worried that a candidate I strongly backed was going to go up in smoke. It was devastating. Plus, I had concerns about who exactly Jeremiah Wright was pre-speech. After "a more perfect union", I feel like I have had a remarkable insight to his and Michelle's soul and I love what I see.

[VADem11]

20. Obama will recover

This was Obama's most serious challenge yet and I think he has dealt with it successfully. His speech is receiving rave reviews and it's had a huge impact online, more than 1.6 million views on youtube alone. The polls are mixed, several polls have him down right now but I think he can bounce back. By the time Pennsylvania comes around, I think Obama will have mostly recovered.

[quantass]

22. These recent Polls were taken prior to his new Speeches -- Mid-next week we will find out