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Tonya
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Username: Tonya
Post Number: 6865
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 07:51 pm: | 
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(CNN is also citing several new so-called "daily tracking polls" which they say were conducted after Obama gave his speech. Obama took a dip in the polls over the Jeremiah Wright controversy but according to CNN his numbers are rising again, steadily, and he is now right back in the lead. Obama’s numbers began bouncing back shortly after he offered that (absolutely brilliant...now famous...much fêted) speech, says Snyder of CNN.)
Barack Obama regains lead after race speech
By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 8:36pm GMT 23/03/2008
Barack Obama has bounced back in the opinion polls after he responded to controversial remarks by his pastor with a well-received speech on the issue of race.
In the middle of last week, a national Gallup poll gave Hillary Clinton, Mr Obama's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, a seven-point advantage. However, by the end of the week Mr Obama was leading by two points - close to his level of support before the furore erupted.
A Rasmussen poll found 51 per cent of voters thought Mr Obama's speech, in which he spoke of black anger, white resentment and the need for racial healing, was excellent or good.
However, 56 per cent said they remained concerned about his links to the Rev Jeremiah White, who was seen in videos describing the Sept 11, 2001 attacks as "chickens coming home to roost" and suggesting that black people sing "God Damn America".
The Gallup poll was a serious blow for Mrs Clinton, whose aides had trumpeted her seven-point lead. She suffered a further setback when Florida and Michigan, whose primary results were not recognised by the Democratic party, ruled out re-votes.
With opinion solidifying behind the notion that Mr Obama can be damaged but not defeated by the former First Lady, the battle for the nomination has become increasingly acrimonious.
Tony McPeak, a retired general and Obama adviser, accused Bill Clinton of acting like Joe McCarthy, leader of a notorious anti-Communist witchhunt, for seemingly inoffensive comments he made in North Carolina.
"I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country," Mr Clinton had said, in reference to his wife and John McCain, the Republican nominee.
Gen McPeak responded: "It sounds more like McCarthy… I was going to college when Joe McCarthy was accusing good Americans of being traitors, so I've had enough of it."
Tempers also flared within the Clinton campaign. James Carville, a long-time Clinton loyalist, accused Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor who endorsed Mr Obama on Friday, of "betrayal" for not backing Mrs Clinton when her husband had given him to two cabinet posts.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/24/wuspols124.xml |
Nels
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Username: Nels
Post Number: 1102
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 10:22 pm: |
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You know, the odd thing is that regardless of whether a person is for Clinton or Obama, we all are really seeing what white America really has in store for black America. Instead of challenging Obama on the issues, the Clintons seemed to have thrown caution to the wind. It has been speculated that Hillary is actually setting up Obama to loose against McCain so she can "come to the rescue" in 2012". Of course, this can't be true, now can it... No, the world is not that gullible, but the idea is remotely plausible. |
Sassyscribe
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Username: Sassyscribe
Post Number: 3
Registered: 01-2008
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 10:26 am: |
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I believe it is true and yes the world is that damn gullible...the sad thing is that not many of the uneducated in rural areas aren't free thinking enough to make an informed and educated decision because they believe everything they see and hear on the TV and read in the papers... |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 11948
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 01:14 pm: |
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Does Hillary's campaign represent "white" America??? Does Obama's campaign represent "black" America??? Can the charge of guillible followers apply to the campaigns of both candidates?
It's my observation that Obama's people are now stooping to the level of Hillary's; diggin up dirt. He's supposed to be uniting the races, but he's becoming guilty of alienating them. His speech was elegant but was he preaching to the choir? Did the blue collar Catholics in Pennsylvania relate to it? |
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