Obama inspires in me a feeling that is almost the exact opposite of hope.

So, there was a small group that protested the show last night and McClurkin apparently didn’t disappoint his fans.

He approached the subject gingerly at first. Then, just when the concert had seemed to reach its pitch and about to end, Mr. McClurkin returned to it with a full-blown plea: “Don’t call me a bigot or anti-gay when I have suffered the same feelings,” he cried.

“God delivered me from homosexuality,” he added. He then told the audience to believe the Bible over the blogs: “God is the only way.” The crowd sang and clapped along in full support.

While the events may help get some blacks to take another look at Obama, the negative impact in the gay community will go much further than South Carolina. Obama has a progressive stance on gay and lesbian issues and he can’t afford to miss any opportunity to get the word out. For now, all the LGBT community can hear is that crowd singing and clapping along with McClurkin.

I think you need to get out a bit more often.  Let me tell you
who will vote for Obama in New Hampshire, just using polls and
the Political Stock Markets:

Pollster John Zogby says it best:

    “Make no mistake about it, there is movement here. Only
50% of this sample is after the Iowa caucus results were known
and there has been a 5-point swing on the Democratic side.
Clinton started out leading 32% to 26% over Obama and now she
is in a dead heat at 31% to 30%. Obama has won in that part of
the sample taken since Iowa – and just this past one day alone
Obama led by 8 points.

    “Democrats are drawing the lion’s share of the
Independents (40% of the total vote) and I have two key
observations to make:

        * Edwards still holds at 20% (including 21% since 
          Iowa).
        * Obama gets the lion’s share of leaners, with 
          Edwards receiving a smaller share. Clinton 
          is shut out among leaners.

Here are the latest poll results, with Zogby's first:

    ZOGBY:     1/2-5      1/1-4    12/31-1/3
    ----------------------------------------
    Clinton       31         32          32
    Obama         30         28          26
    Edwards       20         20          20

American Research Group:

    ARG         1/4-5     1/1-3     12/27-29
    ----------------------------------------
    Clinton      26         35          31
    Obama        38         31          27
    Edwards      20         15          21

    Obama leads Edwards among men 42% to 21%, with 19% for
Hillary. Among women, Obama leads Hillary 35% to 31%, with 20%
for Edwards. Hillary leads Obama among Democrats 34% to 32%,
while Obama leads Edwards among independents 49% to 21%. 

MSNBC/McClatchy/Mason-Dixon (no comparatives to yesterday)

    MSNBC       1/5  12/9
    ---------------------
    Clinton     31     30
    Obama       33     27
    Edwards     17     17

Rasmussen

    RAS         1/4-5     1/3-4
    ---------------------------
    Clinton      27         27
    Obama        39         37
    Edwards      18         19

 
Research 2000 - Concord Monitor

    Dem        1/5  12/13
    ---------------------
    Clinton    33     31
    Obama      34      32
    Edwards    23      18

WHAT THE POLITICAL STOCK MARKETS SAY ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE:

    Intrade     Bid/Ask
    ---------------------
    Clinton    18.0/24.5
    Obama      78.0/80.5

    UPDATE(!):  Intrade (finally) shows that Obama is beating 
    Hillary for the US National Democratic Nomination:

    Nomin.      Bid/Ask
    -------------------
    Clinton    37.9/37.2
    Obama      60.9/60.1 

Rasmussen Markets: 

    Rasmussen Latest Price
    ----------------------
    Clinton     19.0
    Obama       81.9

    US (national) Democratic Nomination
    -----------------------------------
    Clinton    37.9
    Obama      60.9

National Journal Political Stock Exchange:

    NJSE      Bid/Ask
    --------------------
    Clinton   20.0/22.0
    Obama     81.9/83.4 

    US (national) Democratic Nomination

    NJSE-Nat  Bid/Ask 
    -------------------
    Clinton   37.5/37.9
    Obama     60.1/60.8