In a preview of tomorrow's new Quinnipiac University Poll in the Pennyslvania Democratic Primary it appears as if the effects of "bittergate" have not adversely affected Senator Obama.
In last week's April 8 poll, Clinton led Obama 50% to 44%. Tomorrow's poll according to Clay Richards has little change in contrast to the ARG poll out today:
Other pollsters’ numbers disagree with ARG’s. Clay Richards, who runs the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute’s Pennsylvania poll, said he doesn’t expect his poll that will be published Tuesday to show much difference from the last one, which had a Clinton lead of six points. "I don’t see that much movement in Pennsylvania myself," Mr. Richards said by phone from Harrisburg on Monday. He declined to comment specifically on his rival’s contradictory numbers.
And then we have confirmation that pollsters aren't seeing much traction on "bittergate" despite the media frenzy:
Both pollsters agreed that Sen. Obama hasn’t been hurt much by his remarks about small-town Pennsylvania voters last week. Mr. Bennett said few respondents mentioned them. Mr. Richards said, "My hunch is [the remarks] won’t make much of a difference because most voters who might feel insulted by his comments were already Clinton voters or republicans who weren’t going to vote for him, anyway.
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We will see the actual numbers tomorrow but thankfully Clinton will not be up by much more than six points or so. Isn't it time Senator Obama went on air with some tough ads about Clinton and her difficulty with telling the truth--particularly on the Bosnia sniper tale.