Reply #16: This may be the real story here:

[susankh4]

"Partisan and ideological differences suggest that the comments are more likely to be a factor in the General Election than in the Primaries. A plurality of politically liberal voters—46%--agree with Obama’s statement while 33% disagree. ***Moderate voters take the opposite view and disagree by a 51% to 27% margin.**** Seventy-four percent (74%) of conservatives disagree with Obama’s statement, only 12% agree."