April 30, 2008

CBS Poll: Obama Leads, But...

CBS/NY Times Poll: Obama Bests Clinton By Eight Points Among Democrats, But Clinton Fares Better In Head-To-Head With McCain

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(CBS)  Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton by eight points among Democratic primary voters nationwide, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll. But fewer expect Obama to be the Democratic nominee than did one month ago, and fewer see him as the Democrat with the best chance of beating presumptive GOP nominee John McCain in November.

Obama leads Clinton 46 percent to 38 percent among Democrats who have either already voted in a primary contest or still plan to, with 14 percent saying they are undecided or don't know whom they support. The eight-point margin marks an increase from April 3rd, when Obama led Clinton by three points.

But a smaller percentage of Democratic primary voters now see Obama, who has been on the defensive following revelations of his controversial former pastor's statements and his leaked comments that some voters had become "bitter," as their party's likely nominee. Fifty-one percent now say they expect Obama to win the nomination, down from 69 percent on April 3rd, while thirty-four percent now expect Clinton to be the nominee, up from 21 percent a month ago.

And while Obama continues to have an advantage over Clinton when it comes to which candidate is seen as more electable, the gap has narrowed there as well. Today, 48 percent of Democratic primary voters think Obama has the best chance of defeating McCain in November, down 8 points from a month ago. Thirty-seven percent say Clinton is more likely to beat McCain.

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In a head-to-head match-up with McCain, Clinton fared better than her rival: The New York senator led McCain 48 percent to 43 percent among all registered voters, while Obama and McCain were tied at 45 percent.

Four weeks ago, Obama held a five point lead over McCain. Since then, Obama has lost support among women, particularly white women, while Clinton has maintained her five-point edge.

McCain leads Obama 47 percent to 44 percent among all female registered voters. That marks a 16 point swing from a month ago, when Obama led McCain 51 percent to 38 percent among the group. Among white women, McCain has extended his edge over Obama from four points to seventeen. He leads Obama 55 percent to 38 percent among the group.

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Women favor Clinton over McCain 53 percent to 40 percent.

Obama's unfavorable rating has risen over the past month. On April 3rd, he was viewed favorably by 43 percent of registered voters and unfavorably by 24 percent. Now he is viewed favorably by 39 percent and unfavorably by 34 percent - a ten point increase in unfavorable rating.

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by jack3213 April 30, 2008 6:51 PM PDT
NEITHER WILL BEAT MCCAIN. TIME TO ACCEPT THIS.ONE DAY OABAMA IS UP THE NEXT CLINTON- THIS WILL GO ON AND ON UNTIL THE REALIZATION THAT THEY BOTH ARE UNQUALIFIED.
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by April 30, 2008 6:52 PM PDT
The Democrats who still think Obama is electable are kidding themselves. Clinton stands a much better chance at winning over McCain!
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by getcentered April 30, 2008 6:53 PM PDT
Obama is the underdog......but he is ahead...and you got to give him credit for that.....

It doesn''t matter WHAT Barack Obama does........Hillary will make sure the media frames Obama as some kind of extremist. No one can overcome the cursory US media, which time and time again starves the public of facts and pumps them up with sensationalism.

This country has allot of growing up to do. Until America grows up, someone like Obama will never be President. The people of this country don%u2019t want the truth, we want to be right.

My hopes and dreams of a united country are with Barack Obama.
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by trishab4 April 30, 2008 6:54 PM PDT
''Dammn it! we have not hit him hard enough. He''s still favored by the Dems. So let''s cotinue the mud slinging, until the Dems delegates get negatively brainwashed about this guy!''

Signed the Clean Pro-Clinton CBSNews Management team!

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by getcentered April 30, 2008 6:54 PM PDT
"NEITHER WILL BEAT MCCAIN."
JACK3213

What planet are you on jack?

With 8 years of failure by conservatives and you have a cocktail for a beatdown. How is John McCain going to inspire the voter turnout for his party? His great speeches? Conservative talk radio? His flip-flop talk express bus overstuffed with Lobbyists? We all love to engage in punditry but the facts are the facts. Repubs do not have the votes to win. Outside of a total collapse (And I mean TOTAL colapse, not merely a split of the electorate)the Dem party they can offer up a broccoli f-art in a jar and still gain the White House. What planet are you conservatives living on? Your Reagan Democrat pink cloud from 20+ years ago?

Please....Dems take the cake in 08.....there is no debate....
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by getcentered April 30, 2008 6:56 PM PDT
By the way......I like CBS and think they are pretty balenced but the NYT, NO WAY....we have yet to find out the tools that have corrupted the NYT.
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by cbsblogger April 30, 2008 6:57 PM PDT
My prediction is we will have two electorate factors that will undermine Obama''s reputation and chances until he fails....feminists and Zionists.

Zionists make up only a tiny minority of the electorate and deserve little to nothing in influence from the USA but they have much of the money and they want to pay even less in taxes.

Feminists are too stupid to understand what they will lose when McCain wins.
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by vastr-wcon April 30, 2008 7:00 PM PDT

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The hussein sycophants in the MSM are now desperately trying to save their favorite candidate after his massive Pennsylvania defeat, but they are running out of excuses.

The voters (aka bitter, religious, gun-toting commoners) in Pennsylvania, like those elsewhere, are not swayed by the meaningless Hope-Change, Change-Hope, Hope-able Change and Change-able Hope BS of "God Da''mn America" hussein. Experience and competence matter.

The majority of Democrats simply do not want the party to make the same mistake twice by nominating another Kerry-like shallow, arrogant, platitude-spouting, gas-bag - who is so mentally deficient from extensive drug use he even has to plagiarize his hollow platitudes!

Responsible Dems must focus on the fact that Tony Rezko''s partner-in-crime cannot win the presidency by winning in small states with insignificant Electoral College votes, like Vermont, Iowa, Idaho, Wyoming and North Dakota. To win the presidency, it will take winning the Hillary states of California, Ohio, New York, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida.

The voters have spoken and it is now time for Sen. "God Da''mn America" Hussein to withdraw and end his divisive campaign. It has been fun watching the antics of his frat-boy and girls-gone-wild supporters, but it is now time to take the presidential contest seriously.

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by April 30, 2008 7:00 PM PDT
getcentered, the media have hardly given Hillary a fair shake in this whole affair. Obama has been promoted, had his negatives suppressed, and treated with kid gloves for months. An argument can be made that the American people have not been informed enough about the unknowns of Obama. Hillary has been raked over the coals since December. Get real.
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by trishab4 April 30, 2008 7:01 PM PDT
Zionists make up only a tiny minority of the electorate and deserve little to nothing in influence from the USA but they have much of the money and they want to pay even less in taxes.

Feminists are too stupid to understand what they will lose when McCain wins.
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Posted by CBSBlogger at 06:57 PM : Apr 30, 2008

-How can Zionists influence the vote outcome?
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by getcentered April 30, 2008 7:01 PM PDT
VastR-WCon

uh he hu.....he said hussain.......hu eh....

Settle down bevis.....
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by darnedsocks April 30, 2008 7:03 PM PDT
IF REV. WRIGHT HAD BEEN EXPOSED EARLIER, OBAMA MAY NOT HAVE A LEAD. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM IN THE PRIMARIES, WHO NOW FEEL DECEIVED AND WISH THEY HAD NOT!
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by getcentered April 30, 2008 7:05 PM PDT
sesanders1

i don''t know what planet you are on .......but the media and the internet are FULL of Obama this and Obama that......

Where''s all the propaganda about Hill?.....crickets.....

Billary supported NAFTA...the war in Iraq....two huge mistakes.....America can''t afford anymore mistakes like that......we need smart....not "right".
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by philly1550 April 30, 2008 7:20 PM PDT

THESE POLLS ARE PHONEY.

THEY SAY OBAMA IS LEADING...AND THEN THE PEOLE GO AND VOTE AND GIVE HILLARY A BIG VICTORY.

HILLARY WILL WIN INDIANA BIG AND PULL OUT A WIN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
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by speakinup April 30, 2008 7:21 PM PDT
Obama is spiraling in baby.

He''s toast.

Crispy Kritter.

An also ran.

One legged man in an A$$ kickin contest.

Is any of this gettin thru that little ''ole blue bonnet of yours, getcentered ?

I keep pitchin''em, and you keep missin''em.
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by atre46 April 30, 2008 7:21 PM PDT
This is all a setup to nominate Gore at the convention. Read proof http://www.lasvegastribune.com/article19443.php
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by philly1550 April 30, 2008 7:22 PM PDT
THESE POLLS ARE PHONEY.

THEY ALWAYS SAY OBAMA IS LEADING...AND THEN THE PEOPLE GO AND VOTE AND GIVE HILLARY A BIG VICTORY.

HILLARY WILL WIN INDIANA BIG AND PULL OUT A WIN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
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by speakinup April 30, 2008 7:24 PM PDT
And if you think any of the Obama supporters are gonna kiss and make up with Hitlery - hah, well, let''s just say you are askin for a miracle.
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by billyboykm April 30, 2008 7:28 PM PDT
Instead of your article reading

%u201CPoll: Obama Leads, But Reasons For Concern%u201D
why does it not say

%u201CIn spite of Wright, Obama shows Endurance and Continues Lead%u201D ?

I%u2019ll tell you why.
As FoxNews, the GOP
prefer Clinton, so does about every
media such as the CBSNews.
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by speakinup April 30, 2008 7:31 PM PDT
well, billyboykm, it would mostly have to do with the fact that he has lost ALOT of backing in a very short amount of time, and there is a % of error in the poll, which could push him below 50%.

But, don''t let us Republicans ruin your rose colored specs. Go ahead, put''em on.
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by likeitis5050 April 30, 2008 7:36 PM PDT
Maybe Obama would do better as a minister...like his mentor, Wright.....might as well put almost 20 years of tutoring to good use.
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by spinster2 April 30, 2008 7:38 PM PDT
Well Obama,,,,it looks like after twenty years you are able to figure out what it took uneducated americans twenty minutes to figure out.

You are now firmly in the uneducated white racist column who has taken all of reverand Wrights comments "out of context". LOL The next thing they will says is that you would have never voted for him anyway.

ROFL

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by mcvet April 30, 2008 7:39 PM PDT
Maybe Obama would do better as a minister...like his mentor, Wright.....might as well put almost 20 years of tutoring to good use.


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Posted by likeitis5050 at 07:36 PM : Apr 30, 2008
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LOL If that were the case NONE of the Senators and few of the Congressmen from the south could serve wouldn''t you say? I mean how much worse can you get than the Klan or Christian idenity?? ROFLMAO You freaks need to accept the reality... you have dumped on this guy non stop now for... who knows how long and he''s STILL leading and that is bad news for you. Sieg Heil Bush
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by spinster2 April 30, 2008 7:41 PM PDT
With the kind of unity Obama brings, who needs a divider?
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by verycold April 30, 2008 7:41 PM PDT
The polls are all over the place and so in general nobody should sell the farm on any of that data. One thing is for sure. The democratic party is very split over these two candidates. If Barack continues to see his lead erode in coming polls or loses both NC and IN there will really be big problems with the democratic party. They have find themselves throwing Barack under the bus, but in doing so the black community as already said they will "rain on McCain". Upside????
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by mcvet April 30, 2008 7:42 PM PDT
Obama is spiraling in baby.

He''''s toast.

Crispy Kritter.

An also ran.

One legged man in an A$$ kickin contest.

Is any of this gettin thru that little ''''ole blue bonnet of yours, getcentered ?

I keep pitchin''''em, and you keep missin''''em.


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Posted by speakinup at 07:21 PM : Apr 30, 2008
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This makes you Nazi''s happy? LOL I''m afraid YOU don''t make the decision here swastika breath...that is UNLESS you have changed Parties... LOL You freaks are going to have to face this man AFTER he''s the official Canidate... After he''s made his speech to the ENTIRE nation... after Hillary has accepted defeat. LOL He''s your next President Sparky... better get used to it! sieg heil Bush.
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by spinster2 April 30, 2008 7:42 PM PDT
Uneducated, Heck, the more we learn about Obama, the less we like him!
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by omaar-101 April 30, 2008 7:42 PM PDT
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_el_pr/superdelegates


Obama: Closing in on Clinton''s Advantage Among Superdelegates

Call me when Clinton EVENS Obama or better yet....SURPASSES Obama. Until such Time, you are all Blowing Sand out of Your A!!''s

Barack Obama is closing in on Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton''s advantage among superdelegates, building on his lead in the primary race even as he faces troubled times.


Party leaders are encouraging superdelegates to pick a side by late June to prevent the fight from going to the national convention in August, and it seems some are listening as the race enters its final five weeks of voting.

Chelsea Clinton got a superdelegate for her mom while campaigning in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, just as Obama press secretary Bill Burton sent out a statement announcing the support of Rep. Lois Capps. The statement didn''t mention the personal connection %u2014 Capps is Burton''s mother-in-law.

Clinton had a big jump start among superdelegates, many of whom have ties to the Clintons and backed her candidacy early on. But most of the superdelegates taking sides recently have gone for Obama, who has won more state contests.

Obama trails Clinton by just 21 superdelegates, 243-264, cutting her lead in half in less than two months. This week, he picked up seven delegates to her four.
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by omaar-101 April 30, 2008 7:43 PM PDT
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_o
n_el_pr/superdelegates


Obama: Closing in on Clinton''s Advantage Among Superdelegates

Call me when Clinton EVENS Obama or better yet....SURPASSES Obama. Until such Time, you are all Blowing Sand out of Your A!!''s

Barack Obama is closing in on Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton''s advantage among superdelegates, building on his lead in the primary race even as he faces troubled times.


Party leaders are encouraging superdelegates to pick a side by late June to prevent the fight from going to the national convention in August, and it seems some are listening as the race enters its final five weeks of voting.

Chelsea Clinton got a superdelegate for her mom while campaigning in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, just as Obama press secretary Bill Burton sent out a statement announcing the support of Rep. Lois Capps. The statement didn''t mention the personal connection %u2014 Capps is Burton''''s mother-in-law.

Clinton had a big jump start among superdelegates, many of whom have ties to the Clintons and backed her candidacy early on. But most of the superdelegates taking sides recently have gone for Obama, who has won more state contests.

Obama trails Clinton by just 21 superdelegates, 243-264, cutting her lead in half in less than two months. This week, he picked up seven delegates to her four.
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by omaar-101 April 30, 2008 7:45 PM PDT
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_o
n_el_pr/superdelegates


Obama: Closing in on Clinton''s Advantage Among Superdelegates

Call me when Clinton EVENS Obama or better yet....SURPASSES Obama. Until such Time, you are all Blowing Sand out of Your A!!''s

Barack Obama is closing in on Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton''s advantage among superdelegates, building on his lead in the primary race even as he faces troubled times.


Party leaders are encouraging superdelegates to pick a side by late June to prevent the fight from going to the national convention in August, and it seems some are listening as the race enters its final five weeks of voting.

Chelsea Clinton got a superdelegate for her mom while campaigning in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, just as Obama press secretary Bill Burton sent out a statement announcing the support of Rep. Lois Capps. The statement didn''t mention the personal connection %u2014 Capps is Burton''s mother-in-law.

Clinton had a big jump start among superdelegates, many of whom have ties to the Clintons and backed her candidacy early on. But most of the superdelegates taking sides recently have gone for Obama, who has won more state contests.

Obama trails Clinton by just 21 superdelegates, 243-264, cutting her lead in half in less than two months. This week, he picked up seven delegates to her four.
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by spinster2 April 30, 2008 7:45 PM PDT
Heck I thought I was stupid for taking reverand Wright''s comments out of context but after figuring out in twenty minutes what it took a Harvard graduate twenty years, I feel smart doesn''t even begin to describe me.
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by omaar-101 April 30, 2008 7:47 PM PDT
call me when Clinton EVENS Obama or beter yet, When Clinton SURPASSES Obama...

Until that Mystical, Majical, Majestical Moment happens...Your Blowing Sand out of your A!!''s !!

Total Delegate Count

Democrats | 2,025 Needed to Clinch

OBAMA 1,729

CLINTON 1,592
EDWARDS 18

Republicans | 1,191 Needed to Clinch

MCCAIN 1,241

HUCKABEE 231
ROMNEY 149

CBS News estimates. Includes super delegates.
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by spinster2 April 30, 2008 7:47 PM PDT
he most damaging thing Rev. Jeremiah Wright said at the National Press Club on Monday had nothing to do with God damning America, or AIDS, or chickens coming home to roost. It had to do with whether Barack Obama is telling the American people the truth about himself.

%u201CPoliticians say what they say and do what they do based on electability, based on sound bites, based on polls,%u201D Wright told the Press Club. %u201CPreachers say what they say because they%u2019re pastors. . . . I do what pastors do. [Obama] does what politicians do.%u201D A few days earlier, in an interview with PBS%u2019s Bill Moyers, Wright said Obama, in his Philadelphia speech attempting to calm the controversy created by Wright%u2019s sermons, had said %u201Cwhat he has to say as a politician.%u201D

(The question is, Do you still think reverand Wright is telling the truth ?)
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by popstom1 April 30, 2008 7:47 PM PDT
He has f-k up again he called out the lawyers
in Id and the public hate''s lawyer if he thinks
he can control this ballot hahahahahahaha
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by omaar-101 April 30, 2008 7:48 PM PDT
Call me when Clinton EVENS Obama or Better yet, When Clinton SURPASSES Obama...

Until that Mystical, Majical, Majestical Moment happens...Your Blowing Sand out of your A!!''s !!

Total Delegate Count

Democrats | 2,025 Needed to Clinch

OBAMA 1,729

CLINTON 1,592
EDWARDS 18

Republicans | 1,191 Needed to Clinch

MCCAIN 1,241

HUCKABEE 231
ROMNEY 149

CBS News estimates. Includes super delegates.
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by omaar-101 April 30, 2008 7:49 PM PDT
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_o
n_el_pr/superdelegates


Obama: Closing in on Clinton''s Advantage Among Superdelegates

Call me when Clinton EVENS Obama or better yet....SURPASSES Obama. Until such Time, you are all Blowing Sand out of Your A!!''s

Barack Obama is closing in on Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton''s advantage among superdelegates, building on his lead in the primary race even as he faces troubled times.


Party leaders are encouraging superdelegates to pick a side by late June to prevent the fight from going to the national convention in August, and it seems some are listening as the race enters its final five weeks of voting.

Chelsea Clinton got a superdelegate for her mom while campaigning in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, just as Obama press secretary Bill Burton sent out a statement announcing the support of Rep. Lois Capps. The statement didn''t mention the personal connection %u2014 Capps is Burton''s mother-in-law.

Clinton had a big jump start among superdelegates, many of whom have ties to the Clintons and backed her candidacy early on. But most of the superdelegates taking sides recently have gone for Obama, who has won more state contests.

Obama trails Clinton by just 21 superdelegates, 243-264, cutting her lead in half in less than two months. This week, he picked up seven delegates to her four.

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by spinster2 April 30, 2008 7:50 PM PDT
Educated voters ? Heck, the more educated I get, the less I like Obama.
Not only that, the longer indignant Obama supporters try to defend the indefensable, the longer this story will stay aliive. We certainly don''t need some lilly white granola eating liberal who lives in a white suburb and sends their kids to an all white private school to lecture us on racism.
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by spinster2 April 30, 2008 7:51 PM PDT
After the Bill Moyers interview, I thought that I had misjudged Rev. Wright and was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt After watching Sunday''s speech, however, I realize that my initial judgement was correct: WRIGHT IS A BONA FIDE RACIST! Call it what you will, but if anyone concludes that whites and blacks are somehow predisposed to utilize a particular side of the brain, in a manner that is somehow superior to the other--or even different in scope--they are racist!

Blacks are more creative. Whites learn from objects. Certain churches are upbeat! I don''t think that upbeat churches equate with the first two. Likewise, using five notes on the piano--the black keys--or using only the white keys isn''t bad. But by using all the keys, one is able to make more, and different types, of music.

Finally, if a white person EVER gave a speech that contended that blacks and whites are genetically predisposed to use opposite sides of the brain, that person would forever be called a racist. Similarly, if a white person ever stated that blacks are "just different", that person would be a societal pariah. And for what it''s worth, accents such as those heard in Boston are not the same as BAD GRAMMER!
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by omaar-101 April 30, 2008 7:55 PM PDT
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_el_pr/superdelegates

Note: All the Rev. Wright MADNESS, All the Hussein Name Calling, All the Hate towards Obama''s Wife and All The Obama Naysayers on Various Blogs and he''s still LEADING & WINNIING...

DON''T IT MAKE YOU MAD & SAD...WELL, IT MAKES ME GLAD !!


Obama: Closing in on Clinton''s Advantage Among Superdelegates



Barack Obama is closing in on Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton''s advantage among superdelegates, building on his lead in the primary race even as he faces troubled times.


Party leaders are encouraging superdelegates to pick a side by late June to prevent the fight from going to the national convention in August, and it seems some are listening as the race enters its final five weeks of voting.

Chelsea Clinton got a superdelegate for her mom while campaigning in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, just as Obama press secretary Bill Burton sent out a statement announcing the support of Rep. Lois Capps. The statement didn''t mention the personal connection %u2014 Capps is Burton''''s mother-in-law.

Clinton had a big jump start among superdelegates, many of whom have ties to the Clintons and backed her candidacy early on. But most of the superdelegates taking sides recently have gone for Obama, who has won more state contests.

Obama trails Clinton by just 21 superdelegates, 243-264, cutting her lead in half in less than two months. This week, he picked up seven delegates to her four.
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by April 30, 2008 7:55 PM PDT
I cannot imagine why the superdelegates would pick Obama as a winner. Apparently, those that declared for him this week don''t understand the American people at all!
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by juliette91-2009 April 30, 2008 7:56 PM PDT
MISLEADING CBS HEADLINE!!!

It says: "...Clinton fares better in head to head with McCain."

But the story says Clinton is faring better against McCain WHEN COMPARED TO THE LAST POLL. The story says that SHE IS STILL BEHIND OBAMA IN A HEAD TO HEAD AGAINST MCCAIN.

Now that is a misleading headline.
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by joanhallhovey April 30, 2008 7:57 PM PDT

Barack Obama is a good, decent man and will make a wonderful President of the United States. Remember he was young when he met Wright and the pastor is a charismatic man. White people attend his church. They are all there to hear the Word of God. They, and Barack Obama believe in the love of Jesus Christ for his children. Let it go, for God%u2019s sake. This is starting to feel like persecution. Wright has seen a way to put himself in the spotlight at his parishioner%u2019s expense. Senator Barack Obama is a Christian, a leader among men and he wants to bring people together in the pursuit of peace and harmony. I pray he%u2019ll be given that chance, and that ignorance and irrational fear won%u2019t rob us all of the opportunity to send this very special human being to the White House. His leadership is urgently needed.
God be with you, Senator Obama!
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by samthetvcat April 30, 2008 7:57 PM PDT
---"Heck I thought I was stupid for taking reverand Wright''s comments out of context but after figuring out in twenty minutes what it took a Harvard graduate twenty years, I feel smart doesn''t even begin to describe me."---
Posted by Spinster2

That''s right, you forgot to add arrogant, intolerant, selfish, demanding, etc LOL

Obama 08! ;D
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by samthetvcat April 30, 2008 7:59 PM PDT
---"I cannot imagine why the superdelegates would pick Obama as a winner."---
Posted by sesanders1

Maybe you should get yourself one of those ''body language interpreters'' like Bill O''Reilly has . . . after all, something like 75% of communication is non-verbal.
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by spinster2 April 30, 2008 7:59 PM PDT
Well Obama,,,,it looks like after twenty years you are able to figure out what it took uneducated americans twenty minutes to figure out.

You are now firmly in the uneducated white racist column who has taken all of reverand Wrights comments "out of context". LOL The next thing they will says is that you would have never voted for him anyway.

ROFL

Gotta go. HRC is going to be on O factor in a few minutes.
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by klampert11 April 30, 2008 7:59 PM PDT
Well we are being invited again this November to vote for the status quo. Be it whichever candidate that it might be from either of the two parties; the actual power structure of this country really doesn''t care one way or the other who will win; as they know that both political parties are running a candidate who will surely pursue the status quo of big business and big government. Haliburton, Blackwater, Mobil-Exon, ARCO, General Dynamics, General Electric, the (pivate banks of the) Federal Reserve and their private collection agency, the IRS; in short, the giant military-industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about; THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WILL BE MET REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE.
It is high time for WE, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC to STOP WASTING OUR VOTE, VOTING FOR THE STATUS QUO, AND INSTEAD LOOK AT THE ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL PARTIES WHO ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE ISSUES AND GOALS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR CHILDREN.
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by jimbo554 April 30, 2008 7:59 PM PDT
Commitments by superdelegates are not cast in stone. They can change their minds if they want to. If Clinton continues to show she can beat McCain, that''s the poll superdelegates are going to sit up and notice.
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by juliette91-2009 April 30, 2008 7:59 PM PDT
CBS Headline is MISLEADING: "...Clinton fares better in head to head against McCain."

But she DOES NOT FARE BETTER THAN OBAMA. She only fares better than her last numbers. The context of this headline suggests clearly that she fares better than Obama in a head to head against McCain.

But that is not true according to the article itself.
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by gary7seven April 30, 2008 8:02 PM PDT
Stop buying in to these media hacks. Who cares about Obama''s relationship to his pastor? The same person that usually reads Paris Hilton updates, but wants to seem 5% smarter at the office gossip corner. Ridiculous. All three candidates have extremely embarrassing friends and family. So do you.

This hype about "why Obama can''t close the deal?!" is even more insulting. Rather than focus on the conspicuously absent talk about "why Hillary Clinton is fighting this no-win, deviceive battle", I submit that neither is particularly interesting, only salacious. This isn''t a horse race, folks. Spend more time looking at the issues and less trying to focus on preachers and marketability. Mainstream media sold out long ago, but they are generally a reflection of the lowest common denominator... smarten yourself up a bit and they will either raise the bar or embarrass themselves.
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by samthetvcat April 30, 2008 8:03 PM PDT
---"Commitments by superdelegates are not cast in stone. They can change their minds if they want to. If Clinton continues to show she can beat McCain, that''s the poll superdelegates are going to sit up and notice."---
Posted by Jimbo554

Or they could go the other direction and support Obama once the polls catch up and show how divisive she is and destructive to party unity. Polls haven''t yet absorbed Obama resentment towards her that''s started to fester in the last week and which is still brewing . . .
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