More Poverty-Related Coverage, Please
According to a poll conducted by the group Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, 56 percent of respondents disagreed with this statement: "The media has spent an adequate amount of time during the presidential campaign covering the issue of how to fight poverty in the U.S.” A study released earlier in the year by Spotlight found that the mentions of poverty in the media's primary coverage had increased substantially. But the poll results suggest "voters still want to hear even more," according to Spotlight editor John Freedman. He told The Politico that he thinks the increased interest is directly tied to the "tightening" of the economy nationwide.
The Muslim Myth Keeps Growing
A new Pew poll has Obama leading McCain nationally by a 48-40 percent margin, which represents a slight uptick since their last poll in May. While that's good news, the poll also found that the percentage of respondents who identify Obama as Muslim has grown from 10 percent in May to 12 percent in the most recent survey. Kind of amazing when you think about it.
North Dakota? Really?
A Rasmussen poll has Obama and McCain tied in ... North Dakota. To provide a little context, President Bush beat John Kerry there in 2004 by a 27-point margin.
McCain Regains Missouri Lead
Last month, Obama was up 43-42 percent over McCain in Missouri. A Rasmussen poll released yesterday has McCain up by five. It's worth noting that McCain has been flooding the Show-Me State airwaves with ads as of late.
Anonymous on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 22:03
Maybe if Obama explained we have fought and died with Muslim allies in Iraq and Afganistan, this Muslim nonsense would not be such an issue for him. If he referred to Muslims as our allies in a great struggle, instead of suggesting Islam is a smear against him, it would be a different story.
If Obama goes to Baghdad, and tells the brave people there, "I am a Bahgdadi", than maybe Obama would be on a start towards claiming that JFK legacy.
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