Atrios noted this morning that the right-wingers who control our media's puppet strings have been pushing the meme that Michelle is icky (but not because she's black, honest!) and Cindy is the perfect goddess being.
Guess what? America's not buying it.
More after the jump.
Like Atrios, I remember when CNN was running articles dedicated to telling us how "perfect" Cindy McCain was. Well, if your definition of perfection extends to cover very rich beer heiresses known for stealing things from recipes to prescription drugs, then perhaps she is.
That's not the definition most Americans are using, as this ABC News poll (h/t Atrios) shows:
Forty-eight percent of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll see Obama favorably, vs. 39 percent for McCain, a 9-point Obama advantage. Slightly more, though, also view Obama unfavorably – 29 percent vs. McCain's 25 percent.
Furthermore, fewer people know who Cindy McCain is -- which means that unless the GOP immediately gets out in front and moves to squash the revived recipe hoo-ha (and keep suppressed the news of her business dealings and prescription drug abuse), her numbers are likely to get worse, not better.