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The media spin and what Obama supporters knew.

Found a great video on YouTube of a poll conducted on a demographically varied group of people who were asked a series of questions about relevant political topics. The original poll was administered by John Zogby , a very accomplished pollster and the interview by John Ziegler I will admit that unless you are on the blogosphere or a Fox News watcher, a lot of the questions would be difficult to answer. Other questions targeted specific political knowledge, for example who are Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Or who had to drop his political campaign due to plagiarism . The questions I believe pointed out more of how information was under-reported rather that the overall knowledge of Obama voters. Still, I have written about this earlier, the sheer popularity of Obama among the youth and people who simply supported the man as a symbol is very alarming. The pervasive cult of personality manifests itself not only in this video, but in the gigantic crowds that Obama drew and