Urg, I don't even know what to say, if this stupid Wright non-issue really effects anyone's candidate preference, I think I will lose all faith in democracy, this country, and Democrats.

How stupid can people get?

You mean "super delegate"? You are an automatic moron for pushing Ickes term.

Her base is filled with racists. What do you expect?

Actually this is an IMPROVEMENT over SurveyUSA's poll from March 11th, which had Clinton with a 19 point lead.

I'd say 12 points was an improvement.

Not even close to the kind of utter blowout win she'd need to make a significant dent in the race. That's not intended as a slam, just a factual statement.

Pretty stupid. Look at new hampshire and the success of the clintons race baiting or whatever you want to call it. I am very concerned. I guess we'll have to see how it plays out. Unfortunately, there is a large portion of the electorate that the right-wing corporate media spin on this issue may have an impact.

You can't exactly compare polls from two organizations to another, so the headline is technically correct. I don't think we'll know for a couple weeks how badly Wright has hurt Obama. I'm glad it came out now, not just because it allows Obama time to address the issue and repair the damage, but also because it will help shed light on how viable his candidacy really is. If the average voter is as disturbed by Wright as all the Clinton clutists, than this country is probably still too racist to elect a black man president. Then it will be clear that the only religion that matters in this country is lily-white, anti-gay, anti-Catholic and pro-rich. Anything different is unpatriotic and dangerous.

I am getting awfully sick of concern trolls like the Unionsuit, here, telling us about Rev. Wright. There is a excellent article in the Washington Post today concerning Rev. Wright.Read it! Did you know he was a Marine Corp Vet? Did you know the 8000 member church you mention was 80! members when he took over. He built it up to its current status. Right leaning Dems like Unionsuit should appreciate he business acumen.

Personally I don't have a problem with what he said. We bitch about "terrorist" having no concern for human life and launch missiles from ships hundreds of miles away into Bagdad neighborhoods. We have planes flying daily bombing missions in Iraq right now. These bombs do not discriminate between "terrorists", women or children, We complain about Iran getting Nuclear weapons when we hold the largest stockpile in the world. We killed how many civilians in Nagasaki? 100,000, in seconds? One most know their past to know themselves. I don't hate American because I hold these views, but I do know truly know her.

This is better than last week's 20-point SUSA poll. The previous Quinnipiac was conducted before HRC and McCain teamed up on BHO for 2-3 weeks.

HRC's success line is 20 points in PA.

Fact is, Wright's rant (and Obama's ascendancy generally) is exposing the deeply conflicted feelings many blacks have about "America" the symbol. Obama has to make history by both acknowledging this perspective and sowing the means for Americans to transcend it.

Obama holds a lead among college-educated whites (like myself) because we have seen this coming and already have an understanding, whereas non-college-educated whites (like many of my relatives) are not wholly racist, but just cannot reconcile the vitriol they hear from Wright with the idea that Obama is himself mainstream enough to represent all of America. This is a legitimate philosophical question.

Of course anyone with enough perspective on Obama understands he CAN represent all of America, but he has to seize the Wright problem, articulate better how he transcends the radical Wright perspective, and ensure the confidence of the broad swath of Americans. Its a big challenge, but it is part of what he had to know would be an inevitable dimension of his path to the presidency.

"If I was an automatic delegate, I'd be very interested in the PA results"

hahahahahah

Greg, I'm not saying that I don't believe your numbers, but what's the point of pushing this before you can give us a link? Don't we deserve to see the data for ourselves?

What is Obama Toast?

mcdonald928, couldn't have said it better myself.

Kefa, as for your dried out moldy piece of toast, stick a fork in it. She has no chance to win pledge delegates, popular vote, and maybe even SUPER delegates. Scrap off the fuzz and keep eating it, because I sure don't want a piece of it. Toast left over from the 90's should just be thrown out with the trash.

Ooops.

More like swirled Rye.

OK you people-I have tried to be polite, but now it is time to tell everybody TO GROW UP!!

Forget about the campaign strategizing by both sides that can lead to the petty discourse this blog is filled with. Do I like it? No! But this is the nature of the beast and it why Obama often downplays the tripe.

Go back first and foremost to your own clarity!
Why do we lean toward the left, or as in my case very far to the left?!

Because we believe in the great credos of our Declaration of Independence.

Because we believe that we are all brothers and sisters, regardless of race or ethnic background.

Because we really want peace, racial and cultural harmony and decent lifestyles for every American.

Because we want an economic system that is fair for the little guys-us- the individuals, and not just the corporate conglomerates.

Because we do not want our country to assert its imperialist will around the world, but rather, to forward the cause of human rights whenever and wherever we leave our national footprint.

Because we do not support this murderous and illegal Iraqi War.

Because we do not our military to widen this conflict by attacking Iran.

Because we want a Supreme Court that recognizes they are the last and often, the only place where the minority voice can be protected from being trampled by the majority voice.

We want change! We want to throw these neocon fanatics out of power..

WE HAVE TO ELECT A DEMOCRAT IN 2009. I am a passionate Obama supporter. I am so into Human Rights and Civil Rights that I switched from a very successful building career to become an attorney on the downward side of middle age. I have put my money where my mouth is!

I fervently hope Obama wins the nomination. BUT if Hillary wins instead, I will work with all my heart, mind and body to see that she gets elected in November.

WE CANNOT LET McCAIN WITH THIS PRESIDENCY OR WE WILL LOOSE OUR COUNTRY AND MAY NOT LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO EVEN HAVE A LEGITIMATE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT BACK IN OUR LIFETIMES!

THINK LIFETIME APPOINTMENTS TO THE US SUPREME COURT!!

Thank You. I hope many people read this blog and takes it to heart.

David Wilbur, Esq.

Why is this poll a bold headline? And why is the movement in this poll over a month newsworthy, when there are plenty of other polls out there? Why isn't it reported that the full history of the poll is:
Feb 14: 52-36
Feb 27: 49-43
March 10-16: 53-41

The obsession with polling on this site without even the slightest clue about polling margins of error is disturbing. Over and over the TPM editors attribute causes to poll movements that can just as easily be attributed to random error. Quinnipiac poll moved 6% between Feb 27 and march 16. Take 2.7% from Obama and add to Clinton and voila!

Is there a single TPM editor who has the courage to take responsibility for their own ignorance? A single one?