Obama Pulls Ahead

As of today, Senator Barack Obama has pulled ahead of Senator Hillary Clinton in the democractic preliminaries. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows Illinois Senator Barack Obama is at 32% while Clinton trails at 30%. John Edwards holds his position at third with only 17% support. The surveys were conducted between April 23-26, 2007, which means that the first debates in North Carolina did not affect the results. The survey also shows that more voters are leaning toward a Democratic President due to the hottest issue out right now, Iraq. "Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Likely Voters either want to bring home the troops from Iraq immediately or have a firm timetable for withdrawal. In the showdown over the Iraq funding bill, most Americans favor the legislation passed by Congress. Fifty-two percent (52%) oppose a Presidential veto. Looking down the road, just 33% of voters now believe history will judge the U.S. mission in Iraq a success."

Forty-three percent (43%) of voters believe that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign. Fifty-seven percent (57%) favor raising taxes on the wealthy.

Rasmussen Reports has also recently released poll results on the Supreme Court's ruling on partial-birth abortion, gun control and Global Warming.

These surveys show that more voters are ready to bring in a Democrat for President and want change in all these issues. You can find these polls at http://www.rasmussenreports.com/

I don't want to brag, but I knew this was coming. As of now at least. People are so fed up with being disappointed in the decisions the President has made. At times, the President has made a few good decisions, but only under specific circumstances. The long term effects of his decisions have not been handled nicely. It could be too early to see if the voters will sway their views, but as of now Democrats have the lead. Its just like the time in 04' when people were ready to vote for John Kerry just because people were fed up with Bush. If you think about it, Kerry's views on some things weren't that much different than Bush, and voting Kerry for the wrong reasons could have made our current situation somewhat worse. Just a thought, don't quote me.