NYT: Obama's Support Softening in the Polls

[susankh4]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/us/politics/04campaign.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1207303741-HZbq8SrhhkwWeFveHZmnwA

"Mr. Obama’s lead among men has disappeared during that period. In February, 67 percent of men wanted the party to nominate him compared with 28 percent for Mrs. Clinton. Now 47 percent back him, compared with 42 percent for her, a difference within the poll’s margin of error. Similarly, his lead has shrunk among whites, voters making more than $50,000 annually and voters under age 45."

[MADem]

1. But....but....but...he's the Anointed One! There can be NO 'slippage!'

Or softening!!! It cannot BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...........

[flor de jasmim]

2. On the other hand, Obama had about 1/4 MILLION new contributors in March--

go figure!

The MSM has a vested interest in the primaries continuing for as long as possible, so unless they provide convincing sampling techniques, their reliability is a bit suspect.

[Syrinx]

3. nice editing

The paragraphs following your snip:

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.

[C_U_L8R]

6. What's truly funny is...

that these Clinton supporters seem to think their selective vision will alter the truth.
And the truth is Hilary is losing, she's been losing for quite a while now and
it really does not look like there is any likelihood that she can possibly win at all.

Yet with a some cut and paste their little world seems so much more in their favor.
Sorry Hillary fans, the only one's you're fooling are yourselves. But please continue.
It's so entertaining.

[depakid]

4. Yet another Nagourney piece

I sometimes wonder why this guy gets drug out from time to time, even though he's so transparent that no thinking person grants him credibility.

Why does the Times (Sulzberger the younger) do that?

I reckon maybe it's a Judith Miller thing.

[flor de jasmim]

5. Maybe it's cuz you can "fool some people all the time..."