Add in the attention span of most voters and many will forget the worst of Wright's greatest hits, (even though the Republicans will replay them another bazillion times) while Bush's daily buffoonary will remain on display up until and beyond election day.

a good portion of the 1/5th are bitter clintonians.

The photo of the embrace and the Katrina cake with a few choice sound bites of McCain supporting "the president 100%" played over and over and over should get through to even the dimmest bulb.

The jury is still out on how much damage he will do. The Republicans are going to try very-very hard, obviously. I'm guessing there will be no fewer than 10-15 ads that run either nationally or regionally, which include some of Wright's Greatest Hits. Plus, don't forget that Wright himself is a huge wild card -- and he apparently has a book coming out before the election.

I guarantee most of those are just hardcore Hillary supporters who will say anything in polls just to make Obama look bad. Also, no one who would vote for a third term of Bush is a Democrat. Period. Just as no one who voted for Bush in 2004 is a Democrat.

And for the few Democrats who really do have issues with the Wright thing, for whatever bullshit reasons, I think by November they will forget about it and realize that McSame is much more dangerous that someone who has nothing to do with Obama.

the repuglitards get the news tomorrow

will they hold on to the seat in Mississippi, or lose it

if they lose, the diagnosis is the george bush is 100% fatal to the repuglitard party

if they win, then george bush is only 90% fatal to the repuglitard party

kinda funny, isn't it

the repuglitards need to lose three special elections in a row in heavily repuglitard districts to understand how BAD their problem is

and if they don't lose, what ???

the repuglitards figure they got no problems ???

now you know why the msm has been focusing on the Democratic primmary

cuz there ain't anybody left in the repuglitard party

I hope the gop wins tommorrow, and decides to continue their support of george bush

cuz then we can be sure the repuglitards are gonna LOSE BIG TIME in November

john mccain, further off the cliff in 08

call it the wile e coyote strategy

McCain Of The Panderosa.

For a Gas Tax Holiday, but does nothing to enact it.

Acknowledges the reality of Climate Change, but wants to do nothing to halt it.

Against Torture, then is against a ban on Torture.

Against Lobbyists having special influence, but hires the most influential Lobbyists to control his campaign.

Folks; please contribute additional examples to this Profile In Blurage of McCain Of The Panderosa.

The little Maverick has roamed the range, covering it with cow shite, so that a million Turdblossoms may bloom.

Time to define the true nature of that Wee Bovine dispenser of Manure.

John McCain Has Crossed The Panderer In Chief Threshold.

Another big McCain problem is heading down the pike:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/ronpaulgop.html

Actually I'm quite shocked that the percentage who say Wright makes them less likely to vote for Obama is that close to the number who say Bush makes them less likely to vote for McCain. When you consider what a huge liability Bush is I never thought that just 5% fewer voters would consider Wright a huge liability. That is by no means good news for Obama! Perhaps you call it good news because you think that the Bush liability cancels out the Wright liability. But Wright has only recently emerged as a problem, and he could at any time say or do anything that could make the problem worse. I've been expecting him to respond to Obama's denunciation, and would be surprised if he remains silent, especially as the swift boat attacks will soon escalate. I had expected a far smaller percentage to be swayed by Wright - enough to be a big problem, but I didn't think it would approach one-third of all voters. I do not share your optimism about these figures. Now I am more worried about Obama's chances than ever.

The albatross is named Dubya, and he needs to be wrapped around McSame's neck so tightly that he'll never get him off. Bush is monumentally unpopular, McInsane's been one of his most loyal backers for 8 years, and there's no way the Dems should allow him to put any daylight between himself and the Chimp. Keep running that photo of McCain hugging his buddy over and over and over again, unless it's seared into the consciousness of American voters who want nothing more than to see this idiot Bush gone, preferably yesterday.

The only hope that Obama actually has is that the country hates Bush so much that almost anyone could run against McCain and win.

For one thing, that's not a "hope". It's a fact. Bush has recently achieved the distinction of being the most unpopular President ever. For another thing, Obama beat the Clinton campaign, which strongly suggests that the kind of attacks we'll see from the conservative slime machine have all been tested and failed. In the process, they have tested Obama, and he weathered it all. There's a good deal more than hope to this guy, that's for sure and for certain.

Though poll is not surprising, it's sad we haven't have to rely on polls to confirm the reality. Wright is a loose mouth pastor and that's it. Bush, well he is the kernel of everything that's at stake in this election.

Weird unwarranted comparision.

A read of the entire Gallup article shows the situation for Obama is actually more grave than you suggest.

May 12, 2008

Bush May Be as Harmful to McCain as Wright Is to Obama

One-third of likely voters say they are less likely to vote for McCain because of Bush

by Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- George W. Bush may do as much damage to John McCain's chances of being elected as Jeremiah Wright does to Barack Obama's, according to results of a recent USA Today/Gallup poll.

The May 1-3 poll finds 38% of likely voters saying McCain's association with Bush makes them less likely to vote for McCain, while 33% say Obama's association with Wright diminishes their likelihood of voting for Obama. The Bush-McCain relationship does have more upside than the Obama-Wright association, though, as 7% say they are more likely to vote for McCain because of his association with Bush, while only 1% say they are more likely to vote for Obama because of his association with Wright.

Importantly, a majority of voters in both questions say the personal association will not affect their vote either way.

The nature of the relationships is clearly different -- Wright was Obama's former pastor, while Bush and McCain were rivals for the 2000 presidential nomination but Bush has endorsed McCain in the 2008 election. But both present problems for the candidates -- Wright for his incendiary sermons and controversial remarks that have raised questions about Obama's beliefs and his personal judgment, and Bush for his low approval ratings that hurt the GOP in the 2006 elections and may well do so again in 2008.

The poll also asked how Bill Clinton might affect voters' propensity to vote for Hillary Clinton. While the 33% who say it makes them less likely to cast a ballot for Hillary for president rivals the percentages found for the McCain-Bush and Obama-Wright associations, the 18% who say it makes them more likely to vote for Hillary means Bill also helps to attract support for his wife. Just under half say the Clintons' association would not affect their vote.

The percentages of voters saying they are less likely to vote for a candidate because of one of their personal associations probably overstates the true negative impact for the candidates, mainly because voters who might not seriously consider voting for a candidate in the first place (e.g., Democrats for McCain or Republicans for Obama) often respond that they are "less likely" to vote for that candidate. So it is instructive to see how the results compare among voters who are generally inclined to support a candidate -- the rank-and-file of the candidate's party.

From this perspective, the data suggest that Wright may be more detrimental to Obama's candidacy than Bush is to McCain's. Nearly one-fifth of Democrats, 19%, say they are less likely to vote for Obama because of his ties to Wright (only 2% say the Wright-Obama connection increases their odds of voting for Obama). Meanwhile, just 10% of Republicans say they are less likely to vote for McCain because of his association with Bush; about the same percentage (12%) say this relationship makes them more likely to vote for McCain.

It is important to note that the question asks about likelihood of voting for a candidate, so individual respondents may say that Obama's association with Wright makes them less likely to vote for Obama, but they still might vote for Obama. So in addition to measuring vote intention, the question probably also picks up some measure of enthusiasm for the candidates. As such, the actual percentages may best be thought of as a rough gauge of the risks that each of the controversial personalities poses to the respective candidate.

Implications

In general, the results are mixed as to whether Wright or Bush is a greater threat to his associate's presidential ambitions. Among the entire electorate, the two appear to be about equally damaging. In particular, Bush could hinder McCain's ability to attract independent and Democratic voters.

However, the poll suggests Obama may have a harder time holding his natural base of support given his association with Wright, and, as such, that may make Wright a greater threat to Obama than Bush is to McCain.

Lestatdelc stole my comment!

Wright won't have a position in Obama's Cabinet.

The damage Bush has done, will go on and on and on...

Let's see, Obama's ex-preacher, who made a few wacky remarks that Barack denounced, is less an influence on the presidential race than the incumbent POTUS who has spent the last seven-plus years screwing up the country, and whose policies McCain will continue.

Fox and ABC just need to work harder, I guess.

Next Gallup Poll:
Do you prefer syphilis or gonorrhea?