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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:00 PM
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Nearly 70 percent of Americans say the country is ready for a black president
Edited on Thu Jul-17-08 09:26 PM by FogerRox
(CBS) As Barack Obama claims the mantle of presumptive Democratic nominee,
nearly 70 percent of Americans say the country is ready for a black president, a new CBS News poll shows.

Eight years ago, only 38 percent of those polled said the country was ready for a black president.

..........

CBS News political consultant Joe Trippi,


a Democrat, said on CBS News' The Early Show Wednesday morning that he believes America is ready for a black president.

"I think we are as a country," Trippi said. "I think what Barack Obama's done is every day he's gone out there, proven his mettle, proven where he is on issues and weathered these attacks and everything. He's proven that he is ready. And that's made a lot of Americans say, 'you know what? Maybe this could happen.' I think it's a pretty amazing thing."


Michael Fauntroy, a professor at George Mason University

,
also said he believes the country is ready on The Early Show -- though he sounded a note of caution.

"To my way of thinking, it's still an open question, though certainly we're moving in the right direction," he said.


This poll was conducted among a random sample of 1,038 adults nationwide, including 930 registered voters, interviewed by telephone May 30-June 3, 2008. Phone numbers were dialed from RDD samples of both standard land-lines and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus four percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher. The error for the sample of registered voters is plus or minus four points.





EDIT: File this under the realgood news thats very under rated.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:02 PM
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1. God, I'd HOPE we had matured to that point. But then again, I thought that in
2004, we'd have marured to the point where President Shit-For-Brains wouldn't have gotten re-elected.

Redstone
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:52 PM
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9. There is a fresh brezze blowing, keep up the work.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:06 PM
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2. We don't need the other 30%. Let's go baby!
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:15 PM
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5. IIRC dems got 55% in the '06 congressionals, thats the benchmark
Abd you're right, we dont exactly need that 30%. We'll put them in the Obama camps and re-educate them.

:-)
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:21 PM
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7. Hop on board...
there's room for more!

FDR: to hell with the other 30%!
ER: Ain't that the truth, now move over and let me drive!
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 04:21 PM
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10. Get on the bus, Gobama.
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nevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:10 PM
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3. My very very "redneck" neighbor
told me last week that he was voting for Obama. I was so in shock I couldn't speak and just stood there with my mouth open. Maybe there is hope.
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:11 PM
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4. I long for a day when race and gender is not how we choose our leaders
I think I may live to see that day.
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:17 PM
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6. I have been to the Montain top, I have seen the promised land.....
We will get there together.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-08 09:21 PM
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8. Or height. nt
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 04:59 PM
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11. The other 30 % think Harding
was already the first...
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 05:25 PM
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12. LOL, "think", you are suggesting that they think ?
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jaylemond77 Donating Member (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 06:01 PM
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13. 30%: depressing number
Nobody who believes that all men are created equal should think we are not ready for a black, latino, or whatever president.
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Thothmes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 08:22 PM
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14. Thats all well and good, as long
as those folks all show up in November to vote for him.
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ChimpersMcSmirkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 08:27 PM
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15. I think when Obama is sworn in,
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 08:28 PM by ChimpersMcSmirkers
the country will finally get over a hill that has slowed us all down for far too long.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 09:01 PM
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16. Let's see what they say in November.
Or rather, let's see what the voting machines say they said.
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:36 PM
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17. no, they're ready for a GOOD president.
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