FOX News Poll: More Than Half Believe Obama Doesn't Share Views of Pastor Wright

[RamboLiberal]

Fifty-seven percent of Americans do not believe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama shares the controversial views of his former spiritual mentor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while about one in four (24 percent) believes he does share Wright’s views. And a sizable minority has doubts about Obama because of his pastor’s comments, according to a new FOX News poll.

Republicans (36 percent) are more likely than independents (20 percent) and Democrats (17 percent) to think Obama shares Wright’s controversial and unpatriotic views. Whites (25 percent) are more likely than blacks (15 percent) to think so.

Over a third of voters (35 percent) and a quarter of Democrats (26 percent) and independents (27 percent) say Obama’s relationship with Rev. Wright has caused them to have doubts about him. Here the racial breakdown is stark: 40 percent of whites and 2 percent of blacks have doubts.

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It’s unclear how much damage, if any, the situation will do to Obama’s standing in his heat-to-hear race with Hillary Clinton, as Democrats so far are still almost evenly divided in their preference: 40 percent say they want Clinton to be the nominee and 38 percent want Obama. In February, the vote preference was tied at 44 percent each.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339949,00.html

[HughMoran]

1. Even a Fox poll shows that people aren't the morans their infantile "news" people think they are

That's cool.

[Texas Hill Country]

6. umm... its spelled MORON... or are you talking about Joanie from Happy Days?

[Forkboy]

7. It's DU thing inspired by this.

[HughMoran]

12. Thanks

Yep, it's a qualification for posting at DU that you know what my user ID is based on :D

[SoonerPride]

8. You are new to this internet thingy.

"Spelling nazis" are not looked on with kindness,
and especially those who are too daft to get inside jokes.

[qnr]

2. FOX News Poll.....That says it all, doesn't it?

Is this desperation?

[NEDem]

4. Despiration?

Did you actually read the story?

[DesertFlower]

3. that's good news.

however, i'm worried that his poll numbers have dropped.
:(

[frogcycle]

5. The ones who think he shares Wrights views

are in all likelihood the same ones who thought he was Muslim and probably think the moon is made of green cheese.

Because there is nothing - NOTHING - on which to base such an opinion. They "believe" what they choose to, just like they probably "believe" their lottery ticket is a winner or that the WMD were whisked off to Syria. They will continue to "believe" what they want regardless of what transpires.
Unless muckain starts drooling and wandering naked into the parking lot when someone leaves the door unlocked, they will "believe" he is the man for the job and that Obama is Malcolm X.

[Mags]

9. I can't believe that you are posting Fox news here!!!!Wow, have you not shame?

[Tarc]

10. Whether they think he shares beliefs or whether it is damaging

Are two very different things, unfortunately for the Obamaniacs.

Poll: Wright likely to hurt Obama

More than half of Democrats and nearly two-thirds of Republicans would be less likely to support Sen. Barack Obama for president after viewing video clips of his longtime friend and pastor espousing a radical "black power" worldview, a poll showed Monday.

After viewing sermons in which the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. called the U.S. government racist and directed racially charged attacks at Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton, 52 percent of self-described Democrats said they would be less likely to support Mr. Obama, according to the survey by HCD Research.

The nationwide poll of 798 voters showed 71 percent of Republicans and 54 percent of independents also would be less likely to support Mr. Obama after viewing the clips.

Before viewing the video, a majority of voters — Democrats, Republicans and independents — said Mr. Obama's ties to Mr. Wright would hurt his campaign efforts. However, after viewing the video, more than two-thirds of voters from each political affiliation said the sermons would hurt Mr. Obama's presidential bid.

Among Democrats, 64 percent said they hurt Mr. Obama before viewing the video and 77 percent felt that way after seeing the video. Republicans went from 71 percent to 84 percent, and independents from 65 percent to 78 percent, the poll showed.

- http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080318/NATION/712806595/0/METRO

[bigdarryl]

11. fuck FOX NEWS

[AZBlue]

13. And if that's on Fox News..........