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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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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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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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See all 809 CommentsIt 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.
Signed the Clean Pro-Clinton CBSNews Management team!
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....
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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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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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?
uh he hu.....he said hussain.......hu eh....
Settle down bevis.....
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".
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.
He''s toast.
Crispy Kritter.
An also ran.
One legged man in an A$$ kickin contest.
Is any of this gettin thru that little ''ole blue bonnet of yours, getcentered ?
I keep pitchin''em, and you keep missin''em.
THEY ALWAYS SAY OBAMA IS LEADING...AND THEN THE PEOPLE GO AND VOTE AND GIVE HILLARY A BIG VICTORY.
HILLARY WILL WIN INDIANA BIG AND PULL OUT A WIN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
%u201CPoll: Obama Leads, But Reasons For Concern%u201D
why does it not say
%u201CIn spite of Wright, Obama shows Endurance and Continues Lead%u201D ?
I%u2019ll tell you why.
As FoxNews, the GOP
prefer Clinton, so does about every
media such as the CBSNews.
But, don''t let us Republicans ruin your rose colored specs. Go ahead, put''em on.
You are now firmly in the uneducated white racist column who has taken all of reverand Wrights comments "out of context". LOL The next thing they will says is that you would have never voted for him anyway.
ROFL
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Posted by likeitis5050 at 07:36 PM : Apr 30, 2008
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LOL If that were the case NONE of the Senators and few of the Congressmen from the south could serve wouldn''t you say? I mean how much worse can you get than the Klan or Christian idenity?? ROFLMAO You freaks need to accept the reality... you have dumped on this guy non stop now for... who knows how long and he''s STILL leading and that is bad news for you. Sieg Heil Bush
He''''s toast.
Crispy Kritter.
An also ran.
One legged man in an A$$ 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
%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 ?)
in Id and the public hate''s lawyer if he thinks
he can control this ballot hahahahahahaha
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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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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
Posted by Spinster2
That''s right, you forgot to add arrogant, intolerant, selfish, demanding, etc LOL
Obama 08! ;D
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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