Gallup 5/18/08 - Obama opens up 11 Point lead over Hillary 52-41

[MadBadger]

Thank you Shrub. You've united the party.



Obama should be leading by quite a bit in those individual day surveys because Gallup had her pulling ahead one day a few days ago.

[Colobo]

1. He's dominating.

[grantcart]

2. Great news JED has Obama only 13 delegates away from clinching

[wearethedream]

14. do you think may 31st isn't going to happen?

[shadowknows69]

24. it won't change anything

[regnaD kciN]

36. It's not going to happen...

...the way HRC supporters fantasize it will (i.e. total capitulation by the DNC and seating both delegations as-is). Why not? Because, if the Democrats don't exact some kind of sanctions on those two states for jumping the queue, you can count on the California primary for the 2012 general election being held on December 13...2010.

[Obamamaniac_25]

3. Obama is skyrocketing baby!!!

And yep indeed this idiotic move by Bush backfired big time and helped unite the party behind our presumptive nominee. Sweet.

[MindMatter]

4. Stop posting these stupid primary polling threads

The primary is over. We need to concentrate on McCain

[MadBadger]

9. no

[4themind]

16. I think it's also suggestive at least

of the amount of people that we'll be faced with trying to bring to obama from our side, so the bigger the better in that regard IMO.

[TheDoorbellRang]

27. There's always the option of not opening these threads

[Johnny__Motown]

5. I see West Virgina was the game changer Hillary said it would be... Look at that bump in the polls

NOT

[gateley]

6. Whoa -- where did THAT come from?

Just the other day it was fewer than 10 points separating them.

I always wonder what it is -- what event or newscast -- that fuels these movements.

Here's hoping the difference continues to widen.

GOBAMA!

EDIT -- just read the other responses. I'm going with the Bush statement with the accompanying outcry from big-name dems that had an affect this time.

[MadBadger]

7. John Edwards and Obama responding to Bush/McCain.

[gateley]

10. Yep, I'm with you on that --

gotta give credit to Biden, Kerry and Pelosi, too.

I really think Biden's use of "bullshit" is what got it the most coverage initially - the news outlets loved covering that.

[ErinBerin84]

8. haha

It was so funny trying to see the GOPers on the Sunday shows spin that this would hurt Obama. "The problem for Obama is that George Bush isn't running this year, and McCain is not George Bush! This just makes McCain look stronger!" Uhhh, when McCain comes out and takes the same exact stance and does not distinguish himself in ANY way from George Bush's foreign policy...yeah, I would say that it is a relevant issue.

[Tribetime]

11. 52 that's the highest I recall seeing in this race hmm hnmnf great

[jenmito]

12. I was going to post this. GREAT news! I can't wait 'til Scarborough explains this away

tomorrow. He seems so thrilled when Hillary closes in.

[thewiseguy]

13. Where is the Tropics guy?

He was whining about the gallup poll last week and how Bush's appeasement comments may have hurt Obama.

[jenmito]

18. He's probably busy changing his avatar back to a Hillary pic.

[jenmito]

19. HOLY COW! I was right! He now has a Hillary avatar again!:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=5997434

[DerekJ]

23. LOL

[jenmito]

25. Why am I not surprised?!

How predictable!

[MadBadger]

28. I PMed him, told him he is either incredibly pathetic or a bald-faced liar.

[thewiseguy]

30. I think he is a republican

Just trying to toy with the board. No sane democrat would bring up Bush's appeasement comments and be ever so insistent that they would hurt Obama.

[jenmito]

31. Good.

:hi:

[Arugula Latte]

34. Bwa ha ha! That guy is too much.

I think he needs some meds or something.

[jenmito]

35. I'm not surprised. I've been watching his posts the last few days and wondering when the

switch was gonna happen.

[sellitman]

15. Time to concentrate on McSame polls.

The only thing this accomplishes is to piss off Hillary supporters.

Rubbing salt in their wounds will do no one any good.

[MindMatter]

17. Exactly.

Or worse -- give them the mistaken impression that there is still a contest underway.

Time to move on. Not just the Hillary folks. it is time for ALL of us to move on. Together.

Forget this Obama versus Hillary stuff. That is over.

[Zachstar]

20. Nice!!

[highplainsdem]

21. 52% isn't exactly uniting, and he's still losing to McCain in Gallup's national-election poll:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/107329/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Leads-Clinton-Points.aspx

At the same time, Obama is failing to beat presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily trial heats for the fall election among national registered voters. In polling from May 13-17, support for Obama falls one point shy of McCain's, 45% to 46%. Clinton fares only slightly better, running two points ahead of McCain, 47% to 45%.

So I'd guess what the Democratic primary poll shows is some resignation setting in among Hillary's supporters, rather than a real surge in enthusiasm for Obama.

I am VERY concerned that even after exchanges with McCain and Bush that Dems would agree Obama won, he's still not doing as well against McCain as Clinton would.

And what the poll shows about Clinton's strength against McCain is still an argument for having her on the ticket as VP.

[MadBadger]

26. As Obama is expanding his lead among dems, he is on the move up against McCain

And both numbers are in the MOE,so how does her 2 point lead show her strength. A 2 point lead and 1 point deficit is a stastical tie.

[Thrill]

29. McCain has had a free ride since January. And thats the biggest lead he has?

While Obama and Clinton have been fighting each other? And Obama has had a lot of negative news. And this is the biggest lead McCain can muster? lol

[redstate_democrat]

22. Womp! There it is!

[quantass]

32. +1

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