Most Condemn Kerry Debate Comment

ABC News reports that its latest tracking poll found that likely voters, by 2-1, call it inappropriate for Kerry to have noted that Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter is a lesbian:

Indeed only among one group, Kerry's own supporters, does a majority (52 percent) say it was appropriate for him to mention Mary Cheney. Among Democrats, 51 percent call it inappropriate; that rises to 64 percent of independents, 80 percent of Republicans and 82 percent of Bush supporters.

The poll was conducted October 12-14. The questions on homosexuality are based on 422 likely voters interviewed Thursday night; those results have a 5-point margin of error.

Like I said, Kerry's comments about Mary Cheney were a big mistake.