Thursday, July 17, 2008

Patriotic?

Hopefully, I'm merely alarmist but....

Chris Matthews on Hardball on 7/16/08 reported a disturbing result from a CBS/New York times survey in which respondents apparently were asked whether they believed the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees are "very patriotic." Not surprisingly, 73% of respondents said "yes" of John McCain- but only 37% of Barack Obama. Presumably, given Obama's lead in the polls, this is not an insurmountable burden for the Democrat- but reveals a huge vulnerability for the Illinois senator.

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