Polls show that Obama's electability is tanking

A new set of polls by SurveyUSA shows that Barack Obama's electability has taken a serious drubbing as a result of his recent setbacks, and he now does much poorer than Hillary Clinton does against John McCain in the three tested states:

Ohio
Clinton (D) 50%, McCain (R) 44%
McCain (R) 50%, Obama (D) 43%

Missouri
McCain (R) 48%, Clinton (D) 46%
McCain (R) 53%, Obama (D) 39%

Kentucky
McCain (R) 53%, Clinton (D) 43%
McCain (R) 64%, Obama (D) 28%

The internals show that in all three cases Obama gets a smaller share of the white vote than Hillary does, without room for his improvements among African-Americans to make up the difference.

(Via MyDD)

As in the other states released
today, this research was conducted March 14 - March 16 — after the
reports on statements made by Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright,
were widespread, but before Obama’s speech on race given on Tuesday of
this week. Our polling at the beginning of the month showed McCain
leading Clinton by 9 and Obama by 11.

Looking so far at the results in just the three states we’ve posted
today — Ohio, Missouri, and now Kentucky — it seems the Wright videos 
have definitely cost Obama some support. The counter-impact of Obama’s
speech is not yet known, and obviously, is not reflected in these
numbers.

Full results, crosstabs, and tracking graphs are here. Research conducted for WHAS-TV in Louisville.