How she has gone from 15 points down to 9 in six days with absolutely no positive media coverage by the MSM?
Posts Tagged ‘polls’
Can someone explain to me if Christine O’Donnell has no prayer…
Posted: September 27, 2010 by datechguy in elections, politicsTags: christine O'donnell, delaware senate, polls
Two Morning Joe 1st hour notes…
Posted: September 27, 2010 by datechguy in congress, elections, media, politicsTags: christopher coates, congress, doj scandal, election 2012, history, joe scarborough, media bias, morning joe, nancy pelosi, obama administration, polls, sarah palin, Steny Hoyer, stephen colbert
For your discussion and debate #1 Some poll results are more permanent than others
Looking at current polls. Obama is shown in poll with only 40% or so believing he deserves re-election. Joe points out in perspective saying that his polls were comparable with Clinton 2004 & Reagan 1982, can’t make this the last word…
…then in the same poll Obama is shown beating Sarah Palin in a 2012 match up and the Same Joe Scarborough touts this as more proof that she can sell books but can’t be elected and Mika breathes a sigh of relief.
My take: How is one poll a snapshot of time and the other set in stone? Joe’s point about the president is right but it applies equally to Sarah Palin. How was Reagan polling in 1978 for example?
For your discussion and debate #2 Some stories are more relevant than others
Colbert took his act to SNL The comedy connection a congressional hearing on Friday and Mika’s reaction indicates she found it just as appealing and appropriate as leading the day’s news with Paris Hilton. Her comment was classic: “Who are these people who are the 21% that approve of congress?” Mark Halperin pointed out Pelosi & Hoyer disagreed on the appearance noting that this should be a bigger story….
…yet there was not a word about the other Friday Hearings on the air DOJ RACISM SCANDALS made the Washington Post front page but as of 7:08 Morning Joe hasn’t touched it. I submit that this is not coincidence. I think democrats wanted that coverage off of TV and as far as Morning Joe goes, that’s exactly what they’ve got. As John Nolte put it: Mission Accomplished.
My Take: I know they had their education day scheduled for a while but I’d like to see Mika decide for the 8 a.m. hour to lead with Christopher Coates testimony instead of Colbert a-la Paris. She has 45 minutes. Will she do it?
You can’t make lemonade out of sour lemons…
Posted: August 24, 2010 by datechguy in congress, elections, politicsTags: 2010 elections, congress, election 2010, just deserts, obamacare, polls
…as Byron York explains:
Say you’re a Democratic member of Congress. You proudly cast your vote for Obamacare, you cheered when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed it as the achievement of a generation and you scoffed at Republicans who vowed to repeal it. Now you’re running for re-election, and a voter asks: What is the most important thing you’ve done in the last two years?
The answer should be easy. In passing the national health care bill, you accomplished something your party dreamed of for decades. It was your most important vote, and now is the time to take credit for it.
Except it’s not.
What our democratic congressional friends fail to grasp, or didn’t bother to grasp or ignored when it was explained to at the time is the public overwhelming hated Obamacare when it was proposed, they hated it when it was negotiated, they hated it when it came up for a vote. In Massachusetts they hated it so much that they choose to send a relatively unknown republican to the senate on the promise of being the vote against Obamacare. When the deals were made it was hated and when it finally passed it was hated. And six months after it is passed it’s not only STILL hated but the fact that the public made their hatred very clear to congress and was ignored means that there is no easy way to explain it away.
Congress has forgotten that in reality they are temps with 2 and 6 year contracts. Any person who has been a temp knows that if you want to get your contract renewed it’s a bad idea to tell the people who make that decision to go to hell and hope they forget you said it in six months or so.
In 2008 the public made a critical mistake and got the government they deserved, in 2010 the congress made a critical mistake and they will shortly get the election they deserve.
Boy didn’t ya suspect as much?
Posted: July 24, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: political elite, polls
Seeing this post via who else but Glenn was no surprise. Considering the circles they come from and they hang with the shock is that free markets managed to get 37%.
This actually explains why they hate Palin so much. Her opinions match the mainstream of this country much more than her foes can admit and they are anathema to everything the elite stand for.
But why talk about this at all when there is a Doctor Who Marathon to enjoy?
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