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Obama's Troubles With Democrats

By Big Tent Democrat

Daily Kos' poll demonstrated it and so does the Washington Post poll, as reported by Greg Sargent:

A major factor in President Obama’s slide in today’s big Washington Post/ABC News poll, which is preoccupying the political classes today, is his surprisingly sharp drops among Democrats and even liberals, according to crosstabs that were sent my way. Much talk today has focused on Obama’s difficulties with independents. But the drop among Dems and liberals is also a key driving factor in the President’s skid, according to WaPo polling analyst Jennifer Agiesta, who graciously provided the additional data.

Ahh, the windfalls of the Post Partisan Unity Schtick. See Digby, Glenn Greenwald, Matt Yglesias, AmericaBlog and Steve Benen for more.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).