Also, I was referring to the fact that the poll indicated that a higher percentage of white voters had a negative opinion of him than had a positive one (though of course white voters make up the large majority of those not pleased with Obama). That said, the undecideds in the poll made up as large a chunk of the electorate as those with a negative opinion, so the issue is clearly fluid.

I wrote about this today on our new blog on politics and current events, http://www.semipolitico.com. The results of the poll in general aren’t so shocking- whites are divided in their opinions of Barack Obama while blacks, on the whole, have a generally more favorable view of the Democratic presidential candidate. I know what you are thinking, but its not just the fact that blacks tend to be Democrats while whites make up a majority of both parties. However, this may be a suprise to you:

“Yet still, among just Democrats, blacks were more apt than whites in the poll to express positive views of Mr. Obama across a range of questions. For example, black Democrats were 24 points more likely than white Democrats to have a favorable opinion of Mr. Obama.”

What does this mean? Well, not too much. Coming out of a long, drawn out primary contest that put two historic candidates up against eachother, there is likely to be some kind of rift in a political party. With the vast majority of blacks voting primarily for Obama (9 out of 10 in most states), it is a no-brainer to see that whites will make up the majority of Democratic voters unsatisfied with Obama. However, as the Seattle Times points out, black and white may not be Obama’s real race problem.

Spin that one for me Mssr. Manes.

Just kidding. Some sort of post coming soon.

I was reading up on France’s overhauled foreign policy doctrine and Obama’s Foreign Policy stance. I will write something later today or tonight on one of the two topics (perhaps both). I promise.

You going to the Hill, then?

You’d be bitter too if someone stole your job.