Obama damaged by Wright flap: USA Today/Gallup poll; finding contrasts with CBS/NYT poll

[DeepModem Mom]

WP/Reuters: Obama damaged by Wright flap: USA Today/Gallup poll
By David Morgan
Reuters
Monday, May 5, 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, according to USA Today/Gallup poll published on Monday.

The poll showed Hillary Clinton leading Obama 51 percent to 44 percent nationally among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independent voters, in contrast to a CBS News/New York Times survey released on Sunday that had Obama leading Clinton by 12 points....

The USA Today/Gallup results were a sharp reversal from two weeks ago, before the latest controversy over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, when Obama led Clinton by 10 percentage points. The Thursday-through-Saturday survey had a 5 percentage-point margin of error.

USA Today said the results showed the Wright controversy had raised questions for some voters about Obama's values, credibility and electability.

By contrast, the CBS News/New York Times poll released on Sunday showed the Illinois senator leading Clinton 50 percent to 38 percent among Democratic voters and said 60 percent approved of how Obama handled the furor over the Chicago minister's public comments....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050500815.html?nav%3Dhcmodule&sub=AR

[NJmaverick]

1. Yet Gallup's own daily tracking poll, contradicts the USA/Gallup poll

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Puzzling! nt

[HannibalBarca]

5. These polls are demonstrably nonsense

they degree to which they fluctuate renders them, in my opinion, useless, despite the fact that I support Obama.

[Tarc]

2. The good news just keeps gettin better!

[rocktivity]

4. HIT PIECE ALERT!

Obviously, they're just running this as an excuse to bring Wright to the forefront again.


rocknation

[aquart]

6. Negative comments about Obama, even polls, NOT ALLOWED.

Because he is perfect. If so many people had not sold their souls to the Devil, they would see this.

[rocktivity]

7. My negative comment was directed toward the drink-soaked popinjay

who spewed this guilt-by-association-based irrelevant contorted literary steyrofoam MASQUERADING "serious journalism."

:headbang:
rocknation

[featherman]

8. Duelling polls... what a surprise!

Always good to study the crosstabs... which I have not.

[Triana]

9. That was the POINT,wasn't it? To damage him? Hillary wasn't winning on her own merits so...

...they went Willie Horton on Obama.

Hillary won't get MY vote based on this type of shit.