Wrong. Three of the four polls the YOU provided specifically said that the Wright story hurt voters' opinions of Obama.
What do you base that on?
Um, the fact that the MSM pretty much ignored the story.
Remember that "wonderful" speech he gave on race relations in response? Do you honestly believe the majority didn't know about it?
Again, people knew that he gave a speech on race relations. Most people did not know or care why. About 10% of the electorate pays attention to politics. Most find it boring. More people get their political news from John Stewart or SNL than Bill O'Reilley.
As an example, people from Alaska do not actually say "you betcha," but its one of the first things that comes to most voters minds when they think of Sarah Palin. That and "I can see Russia from my house."
Santorum may be squeaky clean, but Newt has too much baggage to try digging up other people's skeletons, especially with an MSM that is sympathetic to Obama.
That is EXACTLY the point my friend. Obama HAS to come after Newt's character, and Newt HAS to fire back. And if the candidate himself names names, and makes specific points, the media can't ignore him. McCain refused to do so.
Granted, only the first poll indicated that most Americans didn't believe Obama shared Wright's views, but I was answering in the context of "According to the previous poll you commented on". What they all show is that most Americans knew of Wright.
Um, the fact that the MSM pretty much ignored the story.
You and I have a different recollection of that situation.
Again, people knew that he gave a speech on race relations. Most people did not know or care why.
According to the polls I posted, most Americans knew about Wright.
That is EXACTLY the point my friend. Obama HAS to come after Newt's character, and Newt HAS to fire back.
There's only one problem with that. If we start screaming HUSSEIN-WRIGHT-AYERS-MUSLIM-TRAITOR as we did in 2008, Obama can easily respond by pointing out that he gave the order to kill Bin Laden and other terrorists. Yes, I know that he did it using intelligence gathered from policies that Bush implemented, and which he campaigned against. But he continued those policies, taking much criticism from his own side in the process, until OBL was dead. Do you honestly believe that screaming HUSSEIN-WRIGHT-AYERS-MUSLIM-TRAITOR will counter that, because I don't?
Americans are concerned about the economy. Many of us knew that in 2008, and we should all know it now. All we have to decide is, do we want a replay of 1980, or 2008?