May 21, 2008 04:05 PM UTC

McCain Anchored to Bush

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• by: Go Blue

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A new Reuters poll shows the damage done by the “Bush-McCain foreign policy insanity”, which for some odd reason McCain and the media believes to be his strongest card.

Democrat Barack Obama has opened an 8-point national lead on Republican John McCain as the U.S. presidential rivals turn their focus to a general election race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

Obama, who was tied with McCain in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup last month, moved to a 48 percent to 40 percent lead over the Arizona senator in May as he took command of his grueling Democratic presidential duel with rival Hillary Clinton.

Here are the crucial numbers

But Zogby said the attacks on Obama by Bush and McCain, who have been critical of his willingness to talk to leaders of countries like Iran, did not appear to hurt Obama. If anything, he said, it reminded voters of McCain’s ties to Bush, whose approval rating is still mired at record lows.

“The president is so unpopular. To inject himself into a presidential campaign does not help John McCain, particularly when McCain is tied to Bush,” Zogby said.

The McCain-Bush foreign policy strategy may just be Obama’s campaign strategy for the White House.