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Barack Obama, who noted that his supporters in the blogosphere were the ones with “raised hackles” over his decision to reject public financing, should just be happy he’s getting Jerome Armstrong’s vote, writes Armstrong. The blogger also notes that while Obama would crush President Bush in a hypothetical matchup, two other Democrats, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former Vice President Al Gore fare better against John McCain than Obama does, according to a Rasmussen poll. Obama, however, trails McCain, 39 percent to 45 percent, in a state that’s been very Republican, South Carolina, according to a Public Policy Polling survey that may also be underestimate the Democrat’s support among African-Americans, writes Jonathan Singer.