File this under not at all surprising: a new NBC/WSJ poll finds that more American are troubled by John McCain's political alliance with George W. Bush than than are troubled by Barack Obama's association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

"McCain will be too closely aligned with the Bush agenda. He has voted 89% of the time for the Bush admin.'s programs" Major concern: 43% No real concern: 27%	"It is hard to know Barack Obama’s values because he has friends like Reverend Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers" Major concern: 32% No real concern: 36%

Once again, the American public is way ahead of the media. I wonder why the MSM thinks that the picture on the right is a bigger deal than the picture on the left. Hmm. I wonder why...

Update: Another thought occurs to me about this poll. Perhaps we're out-thinking ourselves when we dwell on how or whether to tie McCain to the pastors who have endorsed his campaign (specifically, Ministers Hagee and Parsley).

This poll makes it clear that the elephant in McCain's living room is George W. Bush. Whenever a Republican engages in a guilt-by-association attack against Barack Obama, our strongest response is to talk about the devastating policies that have resulted from the real and meaningful political alliance between Bush and McCain.

Bush-McCain alliance more troubling than Obama-Wright association

File this under not at all surprising: a new NBC/WSJ poll finds that more American are troubled by John McCain's political alliance with George W. Bush than than are troubled by Barack Obama's association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

"McCain will be too closely aligned with the Bush agenda. He has voted 89% of the time for the Bush admin.'s programs" Major concern: 43% No real concern: 27%	"It is hard to know Barack Obama’s values because he has friends like Reverend Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers" Major concern: 32% No real concern: 36%

Once again, the American public is way ahead of the media. I wonder why the MSM thinks that the picture on the right is a bigger deal than the picture on the left. Hmm. I wonder why...

Update: Another thought occurs to me about this poll. Perhaps we're out-thinking ourselves when we dwell on how or whether to tie McCain to the pastors who have endorsed his campaign (specifically, Ministers Hagee and Parsley).

This poll makes it clear that the elephant in McCain's living room is George W. Bush. Whenever a Republican engages in a guilt-by-association attack against Barack Obama, our strongest response is to talk about the devastating policies that have resulted from the real and meaningful political alliance between Bush and McCain.

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