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Clinton within margin of error in NC

Mon, 05 May 2008 22:02:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.southernpoliticalreport.com

May 5, 2008 — An InsiderAdvantage / Majority Opinion Survey conducted for the Southern Political Report shows the Democratic Primary in North Carolina tightening. The results:

Obama: 48%

Clinton: 45%

Undecided: 7%

The telephone survey was conducted Sunday May 4 of 781 registered likely voters in the Tuesday Democratic primary. It was weighted for age, race, and gender, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3%.

Clinton has increased her lead among white voters to 58% - very close to the 60% plus level needed to pull off a victory. She now leads among those who say they are Democrats but has started to trail among Unaffiliated voters, who are allowed to participate in Tuesday’s election. Additionally, African-American voters are not quite as solid with Obama as they have been, at least based on previous exit polls.

Our poll is based on a turnout model of 35% African-American vote. Anything under that number could give Clinton a shocking upset.

Tags: clinton, obama, north carolina, democrat, primary, politics, poll

Clinton up by 12% in Indiana

Mon, 05 May 2008 21:57:45 GMT

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Clip Source: www.surveyusa.com

24 hours till votes are counted in the Indiana Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton defeats Barack Obama in the symbolically important popular vote, and possibly by enough to pick up more than a trivial number of net Convention delegates, according to SurveyUSA's final pre-primary tracking poll

At the wire, they finish: Clinton 54%, Obama 42%. Among males, the two have been tied in 3 of the 4 tracking polls. Among females, Clinton has always led by at least 14, and finishes ahead by 22. Among Republicans and Independents, the two are effectively tied. Among Democrats, Clinton finishes ahead by 19. Clinton leads among Conservatives, Moderates and Liberals. She leads among Pro Life and Pro Choice voters, among regular and not-so-regular church goers. In Northern Indiana, she leads by 11. In Central and Southern Indiana, she leads by 27. In greater Indianapolis, Obama leads. Among voters under 35, Obama leads. Among voters over 35, Clinton leads.

Tags: clinton, obama, poll, indiana, primary, election, politics

CNN puts liberals desires above reporting news

Mon, 05 May 2008 21:48:24 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

Funny how the networks are quick to accede to the political desires of liberals, without worrying too much about "pandering" or subcontracting their own highly-trained sense of news-value to the lay public, so long as that lay public can be used as a pretext to do what what the liberals in the newsroom want to do anyway.

Imagine if FoxNews announced "We're going to have Wright updates every half hour, because that's what our viewers want."

I imagine they'd be castigated for deferring to their bitter, gun-clinging audiences' wishes.

Because CNN has a better audience, of course. It's liberal, and, as such, can be trusted to help make the big news-judgment decisions.

Because ultimately it's not a J-school credential that empowers one to decide what should and should not be in the national debate -- it's an adherence to the liberal political philosophy.

Tags: cnn, media, bias, msm, obama, wright, news, politics, liberals

Wright hurts Obama according to USA Today/Gallup poll

Mon, 05 May 2008 19:18:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Pretty much the opposite results of the CBS/NYT poll that had Obama up by 12 yesterday.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

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

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.

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

The USA Today poll said one-third of primary voters were less likely to vote for Obama because of his ties to Wright.

The results also showed the same portion less likely to vote for Clinton, a New York senator, because of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Tags: obama, clinton, election, politics, democrat, primary, polls

Bill Ayers stomping US flag (photo)

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:33:45 GMT

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Clip Source: marathonpundit.blogspot.com

My good friend Anne Leary of Backyard Conservative, a fabulous North Shore blogger, tipped me off to this picture, which I've heard rumors about, of Bill Ayers stepping on a US flag in 2001.

I believe it's from Chicago Magazine, and it accompanied an article in which Ayers was peddling his terrorist memoir, Fugitive Days.

At the time this photograph was taken, Obama and Ayers were serving together on the board of the Woods Fund. It was in 2001 when Ayers donated $200 to Obama's State Senate campaign fund.

"Guilty as sin, free as a bird, it's a great country" is one of the Ayers quotes in the top clipping.

Tags: obama, ayers, politics, terrorism, election