Sweeeeeeeeeeet! - Bush Does More Damage Than Wright

Caught this at TPM.  What a lovely thing to see!

New Gallup numbers shed some light on the question of whether Wright is really going to turn out to be a major liability for Obama in the general election.

Amusingly, the poll finds that McCain's association with George W. Bush is more damaging than Obama's association with Wright.

Number of likely voters who say Bush makes them less likely to vote for McCain: Thirty-eight percent.

Number of likely voters who say Wright makes them less likely to vote for Obama: Thirty-three percent.

And 64% say Wright won't affect their vote at all.  Look for that number to DECREASE, not increase, as McCain and his surrogates try to beat THAT dead horse all the way up until November.

Here's the actual poll raw data

The nature of the relationships is clearly different -- Wright was Obama's former pastor, while Bush and McCain were rivals for the 2000 presidential nomination but Bush has endorsed McCain in the 2008 election. But both present problems for the candidates -- Wright for his incendiary sermons and controversial remarks that have raised questions about Obama's beliefs and his personal judgment, and Bush for his low approval ratings that hurt the GOP in the 2006 elections and may well do so again in 2008.

Yes, Senator McCain, which do you think matters most to the American people?

And, not to be outdone, Bill Clinton squirms his way into the poll too, and he comes out on the negative side.  But we knew that..............

The poll also asked how Bill Clinton might affect voters' propensity to vote for Hillary Clinton. While the 33% who say it makes them less likely to cast a ballot for Hillary for president rivals the percentages found for the McCain-Bush and Obama-Wright associations, the 18% who say it makes them more likely to vote for Hillary means Bill also helps to attract support for his wife. Just under half say the Clintons' association would not affect their vote.

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UPDATE:  Also from TPM today:

Obama's Super-Del Whip: Wright Makes Super-Dels More Eager To Back Obama

"I have not heard that as a reservation from anybody. I only heard about Reverend Wright in the context of people saying it made them decide to step forward sooner to declare their support for Senator Obama."