Obama Support Softens in Poll, Suggesting Peak Passed; 7-8 point drops in numbers, no "collapse"

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT: Obama’s Support Softens in Poll, Suggesting a Peak Has Passed
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MEGAN THEE
Published: April 4, 2008


(Damon Winter/NYT)
Mr. Obama, with the MSNBC host Chris Matthews this week in Pennsylvania, has lately lost ground with men, a survey finds.

WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama’s support among Democrats nationally has softened over the last month, particularly among men and upper-income voters, as voters have taken a slightly less positive view of him than they did after his burst of victories in February, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. The survey suggests that Mr. Obama, Democrat of Illinois, may have been at something of a peak in February, propelled by a string of primary and caucus victories over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, and that perceptions of him are settling down.

Mr. Obama’s favorability rating among Democratic primary voters has dropped seven percentage points, to 62 percent, since the last Times/CBS News survey, in late February. While that figure is by any measure high, the decline came in a month during which he endured withering attacks from Mrs. Clinton and responded to reports that his former pastor had made politically inflammatory statements from his church’s pulpit in Chicago.

Still, the events of the last month do not appear to have fundamentally altered the race for the party’s nomination or provided what Mrs. Clinton’s campaign has been seeking: evidence of a collapse in Mr. Obama’s standing or an overwhelming preference voiced for Mrs. Clinton by Democratic voters in polls, developments that could be used to persuade uncommitted superdelegates to sign on with her.

The poll showed that Mr. Obama now leads Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, 47 percent to 42 percent; his lead was 50 percent to 38 percent in late February, when Mr. McCain still faced primary opposition from Mike Huckabee. The latest poll shows Mrs. Clinton leading Mr. McCain, 48 percent to 43 percent, in a similar match-up.

Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama are now effectively tied among Democratic voters, with 46 percent saying they want the party to nominate Mr. Obama, compared with 43 percent for Mrs. Clinton. In late February, 54 percent of Democrats said they wanted Mr. Obama to win the nomination, compared with 38 percent for Mrs. Clinton....

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/us/politics/04campaign.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[elehhhhna]

1. dag, DMM, you sure like your Hillary. Gotta hand it ot you for tenacity.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Here's my usual disclaimer --

I am a neutral poster of articles here, posting articles both positive and negative about both candidates, because I think it's valuable for both supporters and detractors of both candidates to know what's out there in the press. I almost always post articles without comment.

And, if you'll look down the list of posts in this forum, you'll see my posts, falling into those categories. If articles aren't equally divided between the two candidates any given day, that's a reflection of what I find in the press on that day.

That said, I am an Obama supporter, but admire and respect Clinton, and would happily vote for her if she's the nominee.

* And I'll add to the disclaimer because there's such vitriol around here lately -- If organizing, proposing, and writing the mission statement for the DU Obama Group when there wasn't one, contributing the maximum amount to Obama's campaign, and standing for him in a caucus is not enough to qualify as a supporter, then so be it.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. And here's the article I posted after the above --

Obama cuts into Clinton's superdelegate lead; Lead shrinks from 87 to 30 in February
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=108x128633

[anamandujano]

3. She's kind of sneaky, the way she writes the poll questions and directs

her employees on sampling.

(Thanks for posting anywho.)

[Cha]

5. Yeah, more m$$$M bullshit..and as if

this country wants the Liar hilary clinton who can't even manage her own campaign but boy can that pol LIE.