There's a good deal of hand wringing about the persistent internet driven rumors Barack Obama is a Muslim. That, in and of itself, is not so much the problem. The problem is that Americans, by and large, aren't going to vote for a Muslim to be the President of the United States. Rightly or wrongly. That's just the case.
A recent
Pew poll found 10% of Americans believe Barack Obama is a Muslim. One in ten. That's alot, right?
Ben Smith at Politico offers
some perspective:
22 percent believe President Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance.
30 percent believe Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.
23 percent believe they've been in the presence of a ghost.
18 percent believe the sun revolves around the Earth.
Maybe 10% isn't all that bad after all.