This is probably an outlier, but it shows pretty significant movement since the last PP poll:
Obama takes the lead in PennsylvaniaBarack Obama 45
Hillary Clinton 43Barack Obama has taken the lead in Pennsylvania, a remarkable turnaround after trailing Hillary Clinton by 26 points in a PPP poll in the state just two and a half weeks ago.
Obama's steep rise could be a reflection of a growing sense among Democratic voters that a continued divisive nomination process will hurt the party's chances of defeating John McCain this fall. An Obama upset in Pennsylvania would be virtually certain to force Clinton out of the race.
Obama has his customary large advantage with black voters (75-17) and is keeping it relatively competitive with white voters (49-38)
He leads across all age groups except senior citizens and balances Clinton's 10 point lead with women with his own 15 point lead with men.
Full results here.
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/ 2008/04/obama-takes-lead-in-pennsylvania .html
PA ain't over yet, folks...
Shockingly enough, while Hillary was demanding that Barack Obama "denounce and reject" the unsolicited support of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, her husband was an avid supporter of a Farrakhan-led initiatives like the "Million More March".
In a May 2005 interview with the black weekly newspaper the New York Amsterdam News, the former president said that he supported the efforts of Louis Farrakhan and the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to organize a Million More March in the nation's capital that fall....
"Jesse [Jackson], and Mr. [Louis] Farrakhan and Rev. [Al] Sharpton probably have internal domestic political differences," Clinton is quoted as saying, "but they've agreed on this, and I think it's a good thing."
Clinton said: "I like the idea of a march, but I think it would also be good at the march for them to say, 'We want to call your attention to this problem, and here's something else you can do. And that it's fine to be concerned about [homeland] security, but we also have to keep trying to make America strong and better here at home."
Post-White House Clinton found no fault with Farrakhan's leadership. There was no mention of Farrakhan's "malice and division" during the interview.
There was also no mention of a Farrakhan speech given that year, on Feb. 26, in which he reportedly told a Chicago audience: "Listen, Jewish people don't have no hands that are free of the blood of us [blacks]. They owned slave ships. They bought us and sold us. They raped and robbed us."
No matter. Bill Clinton, sitting with the Amsterdam News and enjoying his first full day in the office since his second operation, was good to go with Farrakhan's leadership of the Million More March -- a fact he was willing to share with . . . a black audience.
If the Hillary campaign put BHO through the ringer over unsolicited support from Farrakhan, what will they say to this new revelation that her husband avidly supports NOI-led initiatives? Stay tuned...
link added: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030702825_2.html?hpid=opinionsbox1I recently received a warning from an administrator here, based on my characterization of the Clinton campaign as "racist". It's undeniable that many anecdotal examples of the campaign's racism exist (skin darkening in advertisements, the word "NIG" spelled out in the 3am ad, Jesse Jackson comparisons in South Carolina, the "native dress" picture, the planted madrassa story, multiple others). We can argue about whether those examples were intentionally racist, but it's not an unreasonable conclusion to draw from the actions of the Hillary campaign.
At the very minimum, for every example of the Obama campaign's supposed "sexism" (a charge which gets bandied about here quite liberally, and with no recourse from the moderators) there exists an example of Clinton racism.
Why is the subject of Clinton racism verboten at MyDD, but Obama's "sexism" is fair game?
In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidate:
Clinton Obama
Important (20%) 57% 43%
Not important (79%) 50% 50%
As you can see here, one in five of those polled said race was an important factor in their decision. That 20% broke for Clinton nearly 60/40, and that's what is going to decide the race. And to think, that number just takes into account those who admitted it to the pollsters.
I guess there's something to be said for spreading smear photos of your opponent in African dress, saying that "as far as I know" he's not a Muslim, and changing his skin tone in campaign ads. Shame on you, Hillary.
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