Blacks Shift To Obama, Poll Finds

The opening stages of the campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination have produced a noticeable shift in sentiment among African American voters, who little more than a month ago heavily supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton but now favor the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama.

In the Republican race, former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who recently made clear his intentions to seek the presidency, has expanded his lead over Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Giuliani holds a 2 to 1 advantage over McCain among Republicans, according to the poll, more than tripling his margin of a month ago.

Now that is interesting. How is the religious right going to hold their nose and vote for a Republican candidate that is pro-choice, pro-gary an adulterer and who’s been married 3 times. I find these numbers on the Republican side distastefully hypocritical. Maybe the right takes Pastor Ronnie Floyd’s views, when asked how he could support the adultress Senator Tim Hutchinson. Flyod’s response; well he’s asked for my forgiveness and after all it’s how he’ll vote that’s important. Yup, that true conviction. The Republicans are in deep trouble if Giuliani gets the nod.