PA Primary Team reports:
A new Daily News/Franklin & Marshall Poll shows that Obama continues to cut into Clinton's lead in Pennsylvania - though the New York Senator still clings to her lead.
Read the story here; read full poll results here.
Interestingly, the poll was taken just as news began to break about Obama's comment that pro-gun, religious voters were "bitter" about the economy. It's not fully reflected in this poll.
Also, some interesting demographic points made by the pollsters, Dr. G. Terry Madonna, Berwood
Yost and Jennifer Harding:
*About eight percent of voters are undecided.
*Clinton is up 10 points among women; men are split.
*"Clinton also continues to do well among older voters, less educated voters, and Catholics. Obama leads among younger voters, those with a college degree, and non-whites."
*"Clinton leads throughout Western Pennsylvania, while Obama tends to fair better in the eastern half of the state, particularly in the Southeast."
Oh, and the margin of error? Says the pollsters:
"The sample error for the entire sample is +/- 4.2 percent. Among the 367 likely Democratic voters, the sample error is slightly larger (+/- 5.1 percent)."
Polls less than 10% with 10% undecided: Already Obama has set a powerful example that goes beyond leadership...It is historic.— Tanksleyd
The poll in question, when it's read in it's entirety, says Clinton still leads Obee WannaB by 6 % and is quite detailed in that discovery, so this is one more example where the "The Primary Team" (who are they that they hide behind the "team" to make erroneous statements). Far more disturbing is that this is just one more attempt by this paper pandering to itty bitty students runnig giddily in the street spreading the word for Obee, or blacks many of whom knew much at all of this man except his color or those Elite stinkin' rich Whites who have jumped on board thinking this is their last chance at the Ring, their last gasp to regain the idealism they lost in the '60s when they gave up freedom to wear the suit and tie, the Standard Business Costume....So, all these groups, you see, buy papers and, what a surprise ! the Inquirer wants to sell to them, and what a better way to do that then to match the paper's bias to these three armies of darkness I mentioned above...So, shame on you Inquirer. Your job is to report news not make it up to appeal to some old coot millionaire supporter of the man with the golden mouth but vacant eyes...— Paul Paulos- The poll in question, when it's read in it's entirety, says Clinton still leads Obee WannaB by 6 % and is quite detailed in that discovery, so this is one more example where the "The Primary Team" (who are they that they hide behind the "team" to make erroneous statements). Far more disturbing is that this is just one more attempt by this paper pandering to itty bitty students runnig giddily in the street spreading the word for Obee, or blacks many of whom knew much at all of this man except his color or those Elite stinkin' rich Whites who have jumped on board thinking this is their last chance at the Ring, their last gasp to regain the idealism they lost in the '60s when they gave up freedom to wear the suit and tie, the Standard Business Costume....So, all these groups, you see, buy papers and, what a surprise ! the Inquirer wants to sell to them, and what a better way to do that then to match the paper's bias to these three armies of darkness I mentioned above...So, shame on you Inquirer. Your job is to report news not make it up to appeal to some old coot millionaire supporter of the man with the golden mouth but vacant eyes...— Paul Paulos
- Obama makes too many mistakes! Pasator Wright, Farrakahn, Michelle Obama's hate America remarks, and millions from Fat Cats! Obama's pal Tony Rezko is on trial and naming Obama! Will his rich pals help him know with the people of Pennsylvania? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhd1inexmk&eurl=http— Christines
- Quote: ALTOONA, Pa. -- While Sen. Barack Obama said he didn't mean to offend anyone when he made comments about small-town voters last week, voters in the Alleghenies said they may be hardworking, but not "bitter." At a fundraiser with donors in California last week, Obama described small-town voters, like those in Pennsylvania, as bitter. He said they're frustrated with their own economic situation and they cling to issues like guns, religion and immigration. On Saturday, he tried to clarify what he meant. "There are a whole bunch of folks in Pennsylvania and right here in Indiana, who are bitter. They feel like they've been left behind," said Obama in a town hall meeting in Indiana. However, the local people who were protesting outside his campaign office in Altoona on Sunday said if that's what Obama honestly thinks, then he is not their candidate. "He is definitely out of touch with the voters in Pennsylvania to blaspheme them the way he did," said Hollidaysburg resident Ted Manna. Stacey Drugg of Altoona said Obama's comments showed he did represent working people in Pennsylvania or working people period. Manna said everyone has their own beliefs, but it shouldn't be up to a presidential candidate to tell them their beliefs are wrong. "All the citizens of Pennsylvania should, rightfully so, be upset that he said we hide behind our religion and our guns," said Manna. Joseph Antal of Ebensburg said, "With all that's been happening in our area, and in Johnstown with the flood, we rebound back from adversity." The protest was organized by members of various unions in the region. A union member said there were at least five other similar protests across the state on Sunday. http://www.wjactv.com/news/15871123/detail.html— Christines
- Obama really does inspire and encourage everyone to participate in making government more transparent. Too much lobbyist influence has muddied our progress and caused bad decision making for too long. I feel Hillary is too divisive to be effective. The White House needs a makeover with the windows opened and the people involved.— Kathryn
- No senator can claim to be "common" but five years ago Obama was paying off his student loans. Did Hiallry or McBush even need student loans. In my life time this is the closest I've come to putting a common man in the White House.
- I can't believe that "Bittergate" is still making news and is detracting from the issues that are still at hand. They have not gone away because the media and The Congenital Liar bring it up at every turn. Hillary is STILL lying about her experience, she is STILL lying about her support of NAFTA, she is STILL lying about having any involvement with Columbia (when her husband and 3 senior people on her staff are all directly, or indirectly, involved with them), she has STILL not made public her 2007 tax returns and she has STILL not made public the donor list for the Clinton Library. She harps on Obama's words hoping we forget about the rest. Well I haven't forgotten. I especially want to see that donor list for the Library, because I'm sure the names on that list are far worse than the names Christine mentions above.— JanetT
- most politicians are rich...including Obama...at the same time, most don`t make the kind of elitist remarks that BO made...Hillary gives about 10% of her income to charity...compared to that elitist cheap-skate, Obama, who only gives less than 1% most yrs...and Hillary pays another 33% in taxes...which is 12% above the avg. in her tax bracket...she even proposes taxes on herself and others in her tax bracket...btw, here`s more links to govt. officials speaking out/offended by BO`s remarks...Mont, Ind, and WV are weighing in now...: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=7101 http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=7114 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_105221505.html they join numerous govt. officials in several other states who`ve spoken out against Obama`s comments!— justme819
- Hillary hasn`t lied about any of the garbage brought up above...BO LIES far more than Hillary...and most other politicians...as shown here...: http://www.audacityofHypocrisy.com some real WHOPPERS in there...btw, the list of donors referenced above couldn`t possibly be worse than this partial list of BO friends, associates, endorsers, etc...: the Rev. Wright, Lewis Ayers, Larry Sinclair, Louis Farahkan, the Black Panthers, Rezko, Sen. Meeks, Robert Malley, Auchi, Rashshid Khalidi, McPeaks, Michelle Obama...and the list just keeps growing!— justme819
- most polls show a boost of a few pts. for Clinton since last week...one showed her with a 9-pt. lead...but there was even one which showed her with a 20 pt. lead!...make of it what you will.— justme819
- How Obama is going to win the debate tonight: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PWxNeGOXSoA http://www.tucc.org/about.htm— cj410
Comment removed.- Justme did you even bother to listen or read to which charity most of her 10% in charitable donations went to? Obviously not or you wouldn't have mentioned it. More than two thirds of that 10% went to the Clinton Family Foundation. She gave that money back to herself and was actually able to write it off! Boy, that really put a big dent in her bank account didn't it??? Justme from the many posts of your's that I've read it's quite evident you are uninformed and don't really care to educate yourself at all. Hillary hasn't lied about the stuff I mentioned above? Are you kidding me??? Her lies have been shown all over Fox, CNN, and MSNBC. But that's OK, you just keept watching MTV.— JanetT
- http://www.philly.com/dailynews/top_story/20080416_Obama_makes_inroads_in_Hill_country.html :This is coming down to turnout. Who's most enthused about their candidate?
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