CBS Poll: Good Reviews For Obama Speech 3/21

[HCE SuiGeneris]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/21/opinion/polls/main3958295.shtml?source=mostpop_story

CBS) Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race this week, in which he discussed his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his controversial longtime minister, has received largely positive reviews, according to a new CBS News poll.

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Sixty-nine percent of voters who have heard or read about Obama’s speech say he did a good job addressing the issue of race relations, and 63 percent of voters following the events say they agree with Obama's views on race relations. Seventy-one percent say he did a good job explaining his relationship with Wright.

Nearly a quarter of Democrats say the events have made them more likely to back Obama, while a similar number of Republicans say they are now less likely to do so. Three in four independents say the events make no difference, and the remainder are nearly evenly split between those more likely to support him and those less likely to do so.

[TwilightGardener]

1. He did just fine. Good news!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. Hardly the gloom and doom Hill supporters keep harping about.

[mod mom]

7. Have to take issue w you here wienerdoggie-he didn't do just fine, what he did was AMAZING!

but I will agree: Good news!

:hi:

[adoraz]

2. Great news!!

[rodeodance]

4. March 15th and 18th, dates of polling (this one)--A new poll says differnently

Most voters following the events regarding Senator Barack Obama and Rev.
Jeremiah Wright think Obama’s speech was a success. Most agree with his
thoughts on race, and think he did a good job explaining his relationship
with Rev. Wright. However, the percentage who thinks he would unite the
country has dropped since late February.
For this poll, CBS News re-interviewed voters who were first surveyed
between March 15th and 18th, 2008, in the midst of the Wright controversy and
mostly before Obama’s speech on race, to gauge their reactions to Tuesday’s
speech and the continuing controversy over Wright’s comments.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

5. Thanks for the kick!

:thumbsup:

[NJSecularist]

6. So they think he did a good job with his speech? What's your point?

[SunsetDreams]

8. the point appears to be...

unlike the claim of some people around here that he is doomed,

This totally refutes that.

[flpoljunkie]

9. Thanks for the post!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

10. I only post positive OPs

Thanks for the support!

:hi:

[bluedog]

11. yeah, but only 542 polled?

Interviews were conducted among 542 registered voters by telephone on March 20, 2008. These respondents were originally interviewed in a CBS News Poll conducted March 15 - 18, 2008. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus four percentage points.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

12. This is relevant how?

[BumRushDaShow]

13. K&R

Heard our local CBS affiliate radio station mention this.

:kick:

[Scurrilous]

14. K & R

:thumbsup: