Spinning their own poll

The NY Times starts off by saying most voters are unaffected by the Rev. Wright meltdown and Obama's response, but buried in the story is this:

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But nearly half of the voters surveyed, and a substantial part of the Democrats, said Mr. Obama had acted mainly because he thought it would help him politically, rather than because he had serious disagreements with his former pastor. The broader effect of the controversy on Mr. Obama’s candidacy among Democratic primary voters was less clear in the poll, but enough of them expressed qualms about Mr. Obama’s relationship with Mr. Wright to suggest it could sway a relatively small but potentially important group of voters in the remaining primaries.

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Still, the survey suggested that Mr. Obama, of Illinois, had lost much or all of the once-commanding lead he had held over Mrs. Clinton, of New York, among Democratic voters on the question of which of them would be the strongest candidate against Mr. McCain, of Arizona.

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In addition the poll appears to be significantly different from the Real Clear Politics averages in a match up with McCain. My guess is that this is the typical NY Times CBS polling which under represents Republicans. Other recent polls have actually shown McCain with a substantial lead and this one comes in like they just polled the members of MoveOn and the immediate families of the Democrat candidates.