Dang, that was my post.

I wonder if Tuesday was particularly bad for Obama in the Gallup poll, and that as Sunday and Monday dropped out of the tracking it's what's caused his numbers to edge lower. I'd imagine he wasn't quite up to par on Wednesday, either.

Still, Obama has closed the book on Wright about as forcefully as he can. The pundits are the ones continuing to flog the issue, which just proves again that Tim Russert, Wolf Blitzer, and Campbell Brown should all be thrown into the Potomac River with concrete shoes on their feet.

wright is such a non-issue. it really does baffle me that in a time when we face two wars, torture, a recession, a pending world-wide climate disaster, and a global food shortage, that people really think someone's pastor should be a decisive issue.

it's incredibly disheartening to me. I'd like to blam the media's non-stop coverage, in fact, i've been telling myself that the only reason people care about wright is because the media makes it an issue, but regardless of the reasons, its just depressing.

America will get what it deserves. If Americans let a man like Wright distract us and prevent us from electing a man who really has the potential to change politics forever, well...then i guess we'll get the future we picked for ourselves, even if it means a world of perpetual war and famine and rising sea levels and global warming.

This is, a democracy, after all, still, if barely. The choice is ours.

Make that Wright has lost the whites.

I know one thing it is coming up on the 48 hour time frame when Hillary has consistently dropped some riDICUulous bombshell to take control of the news cycle leading into the Tuesday vote and it is always negative.

I hope Obama is prepared to drop something negative on her.

Not much to worry about for Obama here. The poll was taken over a five-day span where, initially, Wright was not a HUGE issue and things were tight (as all other contemporaneous polls suggested), but where during the last 2-3 days, the nets were "All Wright All the Time!" and there had been little to no response to Obama's presser on the issue. Give it a few days, and see whether a new poll reflects internals with people coming back into the fold.

Most polls also show that Clinton is hurt by the Clinton's. Its a fatal blow to Clinton that she happens to be Clinton and married to Clinton. All that lying and bad policy really has hurt Clinton in the polls.

Exactly. Rev. Wright knew he would have trouble wooing white voters from the get-go, so he decided that he wouldn't run for office, and would remain a pastor. Idiot.

I'm not sure what all of the hand-waving here is all about.

I think this drop is completely expected after everything that has been going on since Friday and the non-stop press coverage. Obama made his statement on Tuesday, and I fully expect him to start tracking upwards again as all of the hoopla begins to subside.

gallup is 49% to 45% hillary over obama.

I have not seen anything in the news to suggest the issue about Wright is behind Obama. In fact, I see media asking where Wright is and suspect we'll likely see him pop up maybe between now and Tuesday. Beyond Obama's dismissal of Wright on Tuesday, he hasn't done much this week.

Clinton on the other hand, had a spectacular visit on O'Reilly last night and has the balance of her interview their tonight. Plus, the gas tax suspension, even if pandering, is helping her and McCain at cost to Obama. He might hold the high ground on analysis of the gas tax, but pocketbook voters, I suspect, will prefer Clinton and McCain giving them hard dollars and cents.

I anticipate we will see more polls begin to reflect what this one shows. Obama is increasingly at risk of knockout votes next Tuesday--IN is now likely Clinton and if NC is either a close tie or goes to Clinton, Obama will face serious electability questions next Wednesday morning.

Matthew

--BULLETIN

This reporter has just interviewed Barack Hussein Obama's barber. Shocking! This is guaranteed to bring Obama down to earth. Watch FoxNews for the details. But, a teaser: Senator Barack Hussein Obama's barber has a great aunt who came from Africa, and is believed by that barber to have been a Muslim.

Rush re-starts Operation Chaos, Obama numbers to drop further!

Per Rush:
Operation Chaos is back at full speed, and we have no change in direction, orders from headquarters remain exactly what they are: You are to go out and sustain the Democrat primary season by virtue of voting for Hillary Clinton. Nothing has changed, ladies and gentlemen, nothing whatsoever.

Quinnipiac: Clinton Shows Strength in Swing States
The new Quinnipiac Swing State Poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton riding strong support among white working class voters to beat Sen. John McCain in three key swing states -- Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

However, if Obama is the Democratic nominee, he's in a tight race with McCain in Florida and Ohio, but takes Pennsylvania.

Florida: Clinton 49%, McCain 41%; McCain 44%, Obama 43%

Ohio: Clinton 48%, McCain 38%; McCain 43%, Obama 42%

Pennsylvania: Clinton 51%, McCain 37%; Obama 47%, McCain 38%

Said pollster Peter Brown: "If the super delegates are looking at electability, these results could be a shot in the arm for Sen. Clinton. No one has won the White House since 1960 without carrying two of these three swing states, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. And she clearly is running much better against Sen. McCain than is Sen. Obama, at least for now."

It boggles the mind why any super will go with Obama at this time.

hey otto f ...drop dead!

You're right, Eric. Anything less than a 15 pt win for Clinton in Indiana will raise serious electability questions for her.

I'm a clinton supporter but 67% female vote shown in the cross-tab in this poll is just crazy. At most you can hope for 60-61%. 67 is just way out there.

Oh this too will pass. :) Obama = Teflon.

And I guess the superdelegates aren't worried.

GO OBAMA!

It probably doesn't help Obama that he has turned on yet another person who was very close to him. In his Philadelphia speech he used his poor grandmother for political gain, describing to the entire planet how she was sometimes afraid of the black men she saw on the street, and how she sometimes used racial stereotypes that made him cringe.

In the same speech he said he could not renounce Wright whom he described as part of himself. But now he has denounced him, saying that he never really knew him. It really does raise legitimate issues. On that Obama and I agree.

It probably doesn't help Obama that he has turned on yet another person who was very close to him. In his Philadelphia speech he used his poor grandmother for political gain, describing to the entire planet how she was sometimes afraid of the black men she saw on the street, and how she sometimes used racial stereotypes that made him cringe.

In the same speech he said he could not renounce Wright whom he described as part of himself. But now he has denounced him, saying that he never really knew him. All this really does raise legitimate issues. On that Obama and I agree.

I get it, the MSM two step:

Each time the media slam Obama with "guilt by association" attacks, questioning his patriotism, etc. they repeatedly cycle the attacks again and again for a week on the news, and then the next week, they endlessly pour over polls for any indication that the media attacks have "hurt" Obama.

If polls don't show this, they get caveated away or ignored entirely. Any polls that show any movement are held up as "big news" despite the fact that usually you are ignoring pollsters' warnings about margins of error and usual fluctuations.

"These allegations over the flag pin could really hurt Obama" and then a week later "Recent polls show that we blowhards in the media blabbering about flag pins for a week straight are indeed having an effect! Wow! Shocker!"

All I can say is, for Media Swiftboating: Mission Accomplished!!

Hey, here's a thought for the media elite: Gee, I wonder, if you slam Hillary for several weeks straight over her acquintances and wonder aloud repeatedly how it will hurt her, and then bring on anti-Hillary commentators to just rub it in and repeat it, will it hurt her?

Don't look now, but it's another Republican showing more class than Clinton: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/30/america/NA-POL-US-Huckabee-Obama-Pastor.php

Very fun to hear the typical whining from Oilbama's whiny trolls. Oilbama is killing his own electability. Why is no one asking him about why he voted for Dick Cheney's Big Oil Bill?
With everyone getting creamed at the gas pumps you would think that would be topic number 1 in this race. The media is ignoring it. I for one think Oilbama is in the pocket of Big Oil. Listen to him cry foul about Hillary's proposal to windfall tax the Oil comapanies to give taxpayers a break thios summer. His campaign's whining that that would be unfair makes it obvious which side Oilbama's bread is buttered.

A deafening pop! will reverberate out of North Carolina whaen Hillary loses there. The media will try, but the implications will be clear. On May 6th, Obama will have won more delegates than Hillary. The math doesn't lie.

The reason "More Polls Suggest Wright Is Hurting Obama" is simply because the MSM is infactuated with Rev. Wright, and his nonsense!

Although I DO NOT dismiss ALL that he has said in the past because, in my opinion, he does have many valid points...whether you like them- or not. I believe anyone who can speak 5 different languages is far from obtuse; although there have been times where I would have to think twice. :-)

But getting back to my main point, which is, if Rev WRIGHT WERE WHITE he, as well as Obama, would NOT be going through all this controversy right now.

Why, because white religious figures, in this country, always seem to shun MSM controversy.

What do you think the scenario would be like if Rev. Wright was doing crystal meth while engaging in sex with a male prostitute, like Ted Haggard?

GOD FORBID that was Rev. Wright!

And there are many more religious figures, which has done MUCH WORSE, compared to Wright, but FOR SOME REASON, it remains Hush! Hush!

In the 1990's when the founder and head Pastor of Chaperl Hill Church (Georgia), Bishop Earl Paulk). was accused by a number of woman, from the congregation, who came forward claiming that Paulk had sexual relations with them and many were proven to be correct. Moreover, Donnie Earl Paulk, the current Pastor and nephew of Earl Paulk had a court ordered DNA test in which showed that HE WAS EARL'S SON, and NOT HIS NEPHEW, which means that Earl and his sister-in-law had a sexual relationship which led to Donnie's birth!

GOD FORBID that was Rev. Wright!

Just two years ago the Sr. Minister of the Grace Church (Colorado) - Paul Barnes confessed to homosexual activity and resigned. Did we hear about that?

GOD FORBID that was Rev. Wright!

Just last year (07'), Richard Roberts, the son of Oral Roberts, was a defendant in a lawsuit for improper use of university funds for political and personal purposes.

GOD FORBID that was Rev. Wright!

So, do you see the HYPOCRISY? To me, it is very VISIBLE!

Shhhhhhhhhhh! HUSH! HUSH! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!