Comments on: CBS Poll: Gender Matters More Than Race

Voters Say Woman Candidate Faces Slightly Bigger Barriers To Presidency Than A Black Candidate

[oleander8]

If Hillary shows emotion she''s using the feminine card - if she''s tough, she''s a castrating *****. She can''t catch a break.

[jack3213]

The only reason Obama is popular at this time: More blacks are voting, and Whites are voting against Clinton. Both Democrats will lose. Why? Either alone cannot sustain the party. General Election theory: If Obama is chosen the whites will vote for Mccain. If Clinton is chosen no blacks will vote. No amount of speeches or papers will change this.

[sierra20071]

Obama gives me the creeps - I will not be duped! It is all there; BLACK MILITANT WIFE;BLACK MILITANT PASTOR;DOES NOT HONOR OUR FLAG; ATHIEST MOTHER; MUSLIM FATHER. It is all there, a recipe for disaster, if we want to see, if not...whatever. The young man came out and practically compared Geraldine F. words to that of his minister, come on even the most apologetic of us know that what Geri said does not even come close to being as belligerant as the pastors. This Barack man has made the lamest of excuses for his pastors behavior, he flipped the script and put the bad behavior on the White People. And, he is wrong, most person(s) of the pulpit are inspiring not what his pastor is - who is buying this lame crappy excuse - Morning Joe. We are not all like Obama and his associates, not everyone is racist and if some are, they are politically correct about it. When did the pastor become a member of Obama''s family, when he married Michelle Obama, who sounds just like the pastor. This is getting so damned silly, and I think that the people of the United States are desparate, and are settling for a very suspicious candidate. Down With O!

[jntlw-2009]

I am not a HRC fan at all - but her gender is not, nor should it be, an obstacle just as Obama''s race should not be an obstacle. I look for who is best qualified in a variety of issues and personal characteristics. No candidate rates high in every single category, but the best overal candidate for me it Barak Obama. I am a white female age 58 with a B.S. degree (just for the statistics).

[randynason]

Maybe Hillary has been judged more harshly because she is a less-than-forthright-type personality, not because she happens to be a woman. I''d vote for Barack even if he was a polka-dot, transgendered midget. The guy has great vision and wonderful ideas.

[marcpcbs]

Is "Oliver the Chimp" female or AA?

[marcpcbs]

CBS is manufacturing these fake polls to try to influence public opinion. It appears that Americans are a little smarter than CBS thought. We''re not swallowing it.

[beckajw]

black men got to vote before women of any color got to vote

In this society a man is a man regardless of color and the society is run by men.

Women will always have a bigger obstacle to overcome than men of any color.

[tazmjam]

Compare the number of women being elected to serve as Governors, Senators, and Congressional Representatives and it''''s clear that baby has come a long way further than bro.
Posted by realpatriot1 at 08:39 AM : Mar 19, 2008

That is not true. This would only be true if you looked at the number of elected representatives and disregarded the percentage of the population they represent.
There are 16 US Senators who are women, women make up half the population. To be truly representative they would need to gain 34 more seats.
There is 1 Black US Senator. African Americans make up 13% of the population. To be truly representative they would need to gain 12 more seats and only 5-6 would be to Black men, the other 6 would be black women.
In the House of Representatives women represent 16% with about 70 seats out of 435 they should have about 148 more seats to be totally representative of the population.
In the House of Representatives there are 42 Af. Am. this is 9% of the 435 seats. Of the 42 about 30 of them are men. This is about 6%, which is close to a fair representation of the 6.5% of the population that is black and male. The additional 4% needed is mostly to represent black women.
To say there are more women being elected would be true. To say they have come a long way further then the black man would not. Black men are much closer to reaching their 6.5% of representatives, then women of all races are to reaching their 50% of representatives.

[kiwi_chick]

99% of Republicans will vote for the Republican candidate even if he were "Oliver the Chimp".
Posted by Oscarez at 10:37 AM : Mar 19, 2008
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Is that George''s younger brother?

[megamanx1-2009]

99% of Republicans will vote for the Republican candidate even if he were "Oliver the Chimp".


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Posted by Oscarez at 10:37 AM : Mar 19, 2008

Oliver the old white chimp....

[gangesdak]

Obama fingerpointed to others, and stayed away from his own responsibility. That is the sign of a cunning man. When Imus incident was in news exactly one year ago, he jumped on Imus with lots of public statements. But the Reverand (!) Wright (Wrong!) is like his own uncle; he kept him under the rug until he could not. Then came the Obama speech for others to look into their heart. He is golden boy all right.

[pepperp1]

TOOOOOOOOOOOO funny but true most people dont know Axelrod used to be a editor for the Tribune and knows how to puppet hate against women and smears on their female type character, shrill, moody, deceitful, nagging, and one with the Male Liberal press women haters.

There is a good campaign going on whenever they lie slime Clinton or McCain demand the proof not just accept the nasty market polled words and slander with their free Obama press pass.


Look we all need to join across the wedgies and reject these religious hate candidates Obama is just another George Bush just a different hate church lets take back America from these fringes both Party''s they are ruining out prosperity with their hopeless low expectations.

Some may not realize but it is not the Dem majority that is voting for Obama it is Republican, Independent, Dem Leadership Pelosi, Kennedy, Dean, Clyburn, Barzile Shaprton and two small groups in the base but the majority rejects this hate out of hand.

They are dividing us to gain power untie folks before another Flas error elects a fringe President who will fail us.
again..

[axcharles3]

UNLESS I MISSED IT, WHAT % OF THE POLL''S RESPONDENTS WERE WOMEN? WHAT % WERE AA?

[beader59]

A black man is still a man, a white woman is still a woman. Well the man always has the advantage in just about every aspect of life. Get over yourself Obama.

[DCropp]

I do not care what gender or race any candidate is.

I have voted for women and men. I have voted for hispanics, caucasians, blacks, asians, and american indians.

Gender and race do not determine whether someone is a great leader.

Leaders unite us!!! They show us a way to move passed our differences and highlight our common ground.

I will never vote for someone who points fingers. From my experiences, those who point fingers tend to be the biggest problems.
- If they get their way, the point fingers at something or someone else.
- If they don''t get their way, they become even more adamant if something goes wrong.

After 9/11, we worked together and helped each other heal. By working together, we can accomplish the dreams we have for America. These dreams are why the world looks up to America.

[elizabethbj]

I think the fact of gender being more of a problem then race is completely false. If you look at corporate america you will see that there are more white women as CEO and high levels of management than African American. This is true just look at polls done by womens organization. That have so many mentor programs in corporates for white women than Africans period. They have shattered the glass ceiling. In my department all the team leaders are women not one black! American Get Real as Hillary always says. She wants to down play the reality in this nation. Which is why Hillary campaign decided to play the race card. Iam not trying to say women do not have challenges but race is a larger issue

[barefootboy9]

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/straw-poll/

Look at the above poll. I think this is close to being right. People are waking up.

[kstar42]

It is going to be ugly for the GOP either way.


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Posted by omega39 at 10:28 AM : Mar 19, 2008

Time will tell when he goes to Pennsylvaia, that will be a sure loss..

[blazercoach1]

greeneyes,

The sample size is NOT too small. That''s the exact number of respondents you want to be 95% confident in your results with a 3% margin of error. I''m sure noboby has sat down with you to explain it.....but it''s accurate. I teach AP Statistics. Perhaps I can explain if you like?

On another note, Hillary has gotten away with something that no male candidate would EVER get away with: crying and perpetually playing the victim....whining about the questions she gets asked. A male candidate would have been instantly dismissed as too emotional and whiny for the job of President.