3.21.2008

He's a uniter, not a divider

According to a new poll by InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion, 82% knew about the controversy surrounding Barack Obama’s relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Obama’s speech about race in America. Of those who knew about the controversy and the speech, 52% said it made them less likely to vote for him. Moreover, 56% of blacks said the speech made them less likely to vote for him.

So Obama is bringing Americans together in a dislike of his speech, though I suspect that shared dislike does not represent much bridging of racial differences. Obama gave a speech focusing on race as a way to distract from the issue of religion, but the focus on race does not seem to have played well with blacks or non-blacks.


source - Protein Wisdom.

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