Poll: Pastor Controversy Hasn't Hurt Obama

I believe this issue hasn't hurt Obama because most Americans sensed his authenticity in facing it, dealing with it - and opening a more honest discussion about race relations in America.

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/donuts-and-reverse-racism.php

Go OBAMA!

I have friends in many states who haven't seen pastor Wright's videos and don't even want to see them. The truth is , a lot of people are voting on issues, and couldn't care less about all these media distractions that entertain more than inform. The myth is that many people care about Wright. The fact is, many more couldn't care less. They know Obama is not above flaws, but when compared to the other two candidates, he is much bewtter qualified to lead this nation.

......EVERYONE who halfway intelligent knows the so called poll is totally meaningless as the sample
is not representative of anything, and the basic reality is that AMERICANS are not likely to vote for someone who can't invite their preacher unto the swearing in podium because that preacher
cursed America while her troops are dying on the battlefields in the middle east. OBAMA
HAD POOR JUDGMENT HERE, AND EVERYONE is really turned off but perhaps not willing to admit it.
BUT penn and indiana will go for HILLARY IN A BIG WAY AND obama buttons will be among the
great losers drawers at the antigue store...... what is really odd is that you dont hear OBAMA TALKING ABOUT HIS GREAT JUDGMENT ANY MORE.......REALLY A FANTASY AFTER ALL..

I am so tired of hearing the name Rev. Wright. There is obviously a lot of both good and bad with the man. President Clinton has had his picture taken with him along with having him as part of the Prayer Breakfast. He has also been endorsed by several other ministers and received several awards.
He also has said a lot or maybe a few very offensive things.
I am not defending him. Some of the things that he said were wrong and unpatriotic. I was never there, but I am sure he also said a lot of good things.
There were at least 8,000 other people who attended the church and overlooked some of the "not so nice' things that were said.
I just hope people do not judge Obama because he attended this church. and obviously saw some good in the man.
I don't beleive 100% in "guilt by association".
If that were the case there would be a lot of people who had no friends! "Judge let not ye be judged"........I am not a bible thumper, but I do believe that is in the bible.

I stopped listening to anything the right wing media had to say a good 15 to 20 years ago. They have to put the rabid rights spin on it every time. So I learned to think for myself and not depend on the media to make up my mind on a candidate. I will vote for what ever candidate the Democrats put out there. Because I refuse to vote Republican. I haven't in 20 years now and I won't start now.

I have been introduced to Rev. Wright via TV One for the past 18 months. I love to listen to his sermons, I come away full of hope and determination to be the best person I can be.
The good news is that people are not as stupid as the mainstream media thinks. Why would people with any common sense hold Sen. Obama accountable for words spoken by his pastor.? Why would anyone able to hear and receive the truth be offended by Rev. Wright's words? He spoke only the truth.
Negative energy will never prevail against positive energy! Thanks be to God!

Can't we have some common sense?

The Republicans are going to use Rev Wright against Obama. And other radical associations.

Let's find out how Obama responds to what the voters want to know. Hillary speaks for alot of democratic voters. It would be best not to dismiss these questions. We want to know why he stayed in that church with Rev Wright as his mentor? What does he agree with - what doesn't he agree with - be honest so we can have this conversation.

Now is better than 6 months from now and be slaughtered in the General.

Saddle up and let's have this argument. Let's be American about it.

New video on Clinton Bosnia trip may reverse this . SNL writers shoud view some funny political satire. http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Hillary_Clintons_Bosnia_Trip

Once again, what happened to all of the anti-polling fervor found on the Huffpost after the New Hampshire primary?

So the swiftboating did not work then, good for the American people, we just may take our contry back after all.

"A number of readers, questioning the results of the poll, have written in flagging this passage in NBC's Chuck Todd's analysis of the poll ..."

"In addition, we OVERSAMPLED African-Americans in order to get a more reliable cross-tab on many of the questions we asked in this poll regarding Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race and overall response to last week's Rev. Jeremiah Wright dustup."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/185845.php

What you are associated as Obama was a 20 year relationship in the Trinity church close friends with Jeremiah Wright speaks volumes. It speaks volumes on character as well as judgement for him to put himself in the midst of this racism these anti american statements made by Wright.If this was Hillary's pastor people would demand her to step down for this. No speech or lame excuse would be accepted like it was for Obama.Though the white voters as you'll see in the states ahead it has left a lasting impact on.One that won't go away as the majority of the American people know when their being lied to. The media needs to put away their pom poms the cheering section we hear for Obama and go back to reporting the news instead of trying to control this election.What the news hasn't told you just take a look. http://www.obamatruth.org/
I'm sure when this does come out Fox will be the first on the story.

Of course it didn't hurt him..he GAINED delegates out of it......and it gained him international support as well. I don't think there is a leader out there who won't bend over backwards to get Obama's policies enacted post haste just based on his asking for it...he represents the best of us and they love him....duh....

The problem is his soft stance appearance to caving to Muslim nations who see him as a respite from the pressure...a respite they don't deserve and are counting on to feel empowered again.... unless he addresses this on a large scale, what he intends to do if they don't open up completely to the US, abandon nuclear attainment, and end all violence against us and our allies, how will he handle that?

Now that's the million dollar question...can't answer that if you're in the Virgin Islands....and it's a question he needed to answer a long time ago.

Reality check.

Yeah, I have strong feelings about all this stuff. But reality check, I just refinanced, inflation's hitting, there's a Hooverville 20 minutes drive away from me, I'll probably wind up upside down on my house and the housing market is crashing where I am--

and I am one of the LUCKY ones! I have a fairly secure job with good health insurance and no kids to send to college. I think a lot of people saw this, worried about it for a few minutes, and went back to struggling to pay their bills. It's simply not a big deal.

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Rev Write speaks....often irrationally, for far too many African-Americans ...not simply of his generation, anguished & frustrated to the point of of lack of clarity/objectivity at the net results of centuries of discrimination.. And make no mistake, politically correct liberals, often disgusing bigtory may be the most pernicious element within the perpetrators.

Obama's response to what was inevitable---the exploitation of the Wright affiliatio, with the insane premise that Sen Obama either shares these belifs or is some kind of SPONGE ---his speech response. was possibly the most accurate account of what has been crying out for real deal discussion for far too long. Moreover, it illustrated his integrity, brilliance, clarity and COURAGE (opposite of political strategies)....AND, in the bargain, honored us as intelligent members of the electorate in ways I then realized , I at least, have been starved for all my life.

This is why I felt, whatever the initial response from from terror-ridden haters and diabolical spinner/opportunists.....Real Deal trumps everything over time.

The new polls reflect this and I am sooooo heartened!

Attempting to blame Obama for something his pastor said was truly an act of desperation .
Obama's opponents behave like delinquents and it appeared to me like some in the media having no other thread to pull were attempting to bring in the 'race card' thinking this would bring Obama down.
It was not the reverends s