Posted on April 30th, 2008 by political buzz
Is the media and political punditocracy overplaying the impact of Jeremiah Wright on a potential Obama-McCain matchup this fall? The new NBC/WSJ poll has several findings that indicate this statement is true.
Though over 30% of voters are “concerned” about either Obama’s recent “bitter” comments and his association with Rev. Wright (people could pick multiple “concerns,” […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by political buzz
The reintroduction of Jeremiah Wright into the Obama campaign has done a real number on Democratic voters’ confidence that he can win against McCain and Obama’s overall preference number, with Hillary having a small lead over Obama nationally, 44% to 41%.
These shocking results come from a FOX News poll including numbers for the Dem primary […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by political buzz
With the shock of Jeremiah Wright’s media outbursts turning into real questions about how this affects Obama’s candidacy and voters’ views of him, reaction time and intensity is becoming a key component of the controversy. Where was Obama’s “outrage” last month when Rev. Wright’s incendiary thoughts first came out? Why no “break” with his spiritual […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by political buzz
It’s a new day at the Obama campaign, with the ongoing scare centering around Jeremiah Wright’s public meltdown and trashing of Barack providing a tense backdrop. Both the candidate and his camp are trying to move on with the fight against Hillary and prepare for general election strategies to thwart McCain and his fresh case […]
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Posted on April 29th, 2008 by political buzz
A smattering of minor superdelegate pick-up’s for Obama over the weekend has transitioned to a major decision from KY Congressman Bern Chandler. The well-known and popular Kentucky moderate (and SD) has announced he will pledge his support for Obama ahead of the upcoming Bluegrass State primary.
This goes beyond adding a superdelegate for Obama in the […]
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Posted on April 29th, 2008 by political buzz
Let’s hop that he handles it better than his major flip-flop on economic policy and stimulus…
The McCain campaign has two events centered around health care on the agenda today: A new TV ad on health care policy and an address by McCain in the PB country of Tampa, FL.
The speech was at 10 AM at […]
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Posted on April 29th, 2008 by political buzz
Some actual distance on policy has emerged as of late between the usually eerily similar Dem contenders. The proposed gas tax holiday for this summer has Hillary and Obama pitted on opposite sides of a very prickly issue. Where HRC has aligned herself - amazingly - with McCain in support of a temporary suspension of […]
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Posted on April 28th, 2008 by political buzz
The current media blitz carried out by Barack Obama’s disgraced former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright has made it official that Rev. Wright is now a fixture of the current presidential campaign for the foreseeable future. This is no longer a sideshow issue of the vicious Clintons vs. Obama primary battle. It has passed from being […]
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Posted on April 28th, 2008 by political buzz
The fact that a Hillary Clinton nomination is a near impossibility doesn’t stop the press (who are now fawning over HRC in a way once reserved for the almighty Obama) from chatting up her myriad “strengths” in t he race against Obama. Today the NY Times takes a look at Hillary’s clear advantage over her […]
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Posted on April 27th, 2008 by political buzz
Unless you live under a rock or are only a part-time political junkie, you know that Barack Obama will make his long-awaited appearance on FNS with Chris Wallace today. That means that we’ll be hearing some tough questioning along the lines of what was brought up in the ABC debacle; with the caveat being that […]
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