Exhibit A - Frank Lunz's recent focus group...
Frank Luntz Focus Group – Many Democrats leaning toward McCain
By Steve Foley - Posted on April 17th, 2008
Tagged: Op-Ed
With the Democrat primary fight we're ever so privileged to watch, infighting, back stabbing, and the endless hit parade of one-upmanship. It's easy to see why more and more Dems are choosing to vote McCain this Nov. The inevitability of one side of that race feeling jilted, like the contest was fixed or stolen, is guiding many left of center right into the bosom of John McCain.
Exhibit A - Frank Lunz's recent focus group...
Exhibit A - Frank Lunz's recent focus group...
First, it's mid-April. Wake me when we're in the MLB playoff season and I'll start to care what national polls and focus groups are saying.
Second, recall that there's some AP-Yahoo! focus-silliness out there saying that "unhappy Republicans are returning to McCain", or somesuch - the same thing will happen to the Demos as E-Day draws nigh. Surely.
Lastly, I know this is going to be held-up by a certain faction of McCainiacs regarding the "wisdom" of nominating Senator Maverick this cycle. Let me pre-emptively say BullShiite to that. Given the nasty blood-feud that has developed between St. Barack and The Witch over the last month-or-two I don't think it's unreasonable at all to suggest that had we nominated anyone more sensible and/or sane than, say, Tom Tancredo (which would eliminate RonPaulTM, of course) we would be seeing much the same effect. It may be perhaps a little more pronounced because we've nominated McPain, and it may well last all the way through Election Day - but at what cost?
Unfortunately we won't know that until after President Maverick is sworn-in.
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