by Taylor Marsh
Obama has negative numbers? Somebody tell Chris Matthews, who's fawning over Mr. Obama has reached get a room levels. Just look at the ads above for Obama and Edwards. One is about me-me-me. The other is about you.
Obama's negatives are up to 51%, even after the pass he's been given by the press. Clinton is at 50%, but that's after 15 years of scrutiny and the worst coverage of the primary season. Edwards, who has been virtually ignored by the press for months, has the lowest negatives of the top three Dems:
McCain Favorable: 53 Unfavorable: 27
Edwards Favorable: 49 Unfavorable: 42
Clinton Favorable: 48 Unfavorable: 50
Obama Favorable: 43 Unfavorable: 51
Thompson Favorable: 42 Favorable: 42
Giuliani Favorable: 40 Unfavorable: 55
Huckabee Favorable: 40 Unfavorable: 47
Romney Favorable: 38 Unfavorable: 51
Maybe it's because Mr. Hope is now being endorsed by -- wait for it -- lobbyists.
A former South Carolina governor who now runs a lobbying and consulting firm threw his support behind Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama on Wednesday, despite the Illinois senator's constant criticism of lobbyists. ... Hodges was also named co-chairman of Obama's national campaign.
A lobbyist as national co-chair. Stunning. Almost as shocking as Obama going after Gore, a story I broke online, or Obama's "trial lawyer" line he levied against Edwards even though he voted with Lieberman on CAFA, or Obama supposedly buying ads from Drudge.
But if Obama's independent strategy sounds familiar it should. As eriposte over at The Left Coaster says, It's Lieberman Democratic politics 101.
UPDATE and TM NOTE: I appreciate all of your comments. But you really are wasting your breath attacking me. The truth is always the best offense, which I've been laying out for months. But you shouldn't just take my word for it, because many others are writing similar reviews of Mr. Obama now, too. Read Digby, Matt Stoller, Eriposte, Turkana, Molly Ivors and Markos just today. There are several good Democratic candidates who would make a fine president. Obama just isn't one of them. None of them will be perfect, for sure, but if you care anything about the progressive agenda you should do more research, because you quite simply are ignoring the facts. Thanks for listening.