New Yorkers say White House should 'butt out'

[KimberPB]

Guess this wasn't the change they were looking for!

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Poll: New Yorkers say White House should 'butt out'

WASHINGTON (CNN) — New York voters want President Barack Obama to stay out of their state's politics, according to a new poll.

More than six out of 10 New Yorkers questioned in a Marist College survey released Thursday said it's wrong for the White House to suggest that Gov. David Paterson not run next year for election to a full term. Just over a quarter said that the Obama administration is well within its rights to get involved.

The poll suggested that even a majority of Democrats, 51 percent, believes that the White House is meddling in their state's affairs. More than three quarters of Republicans questioned and nearly two thirds of Independents agreed.

The survey of New York voters was conducted Tuesday, a day after the White House refused to confirm or deny a report that President Barack Obama urged Paterson not to seek a full term in 2010.

[HK4U]

But don't they know the Obamanation is god?

[Scarecrow]

he has shown time and time again how he sticks his nose where it does not belong. how long are we the people going to put up with this crap?

[JohnD13]

This state has enough problems. We don't need any help from Obama. Would a suggestion that an African American governor not seek re-election be "racist" if it came from any other source? How about discrimination against a visually handicapped person? I guess not, it's all about protecting a vision of "change".