Red Herring Politics
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 6th, 2010 4:32 am by HL
Red Herring Politics
Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
In an election year, this is the time for an “October surprise”– some sensational, and usually irrelevant, revelation to distract the voters from serious issues. This year, there are October surprises from coast to coast. There are a lot of incumbents who don't want to discuss serious issues– especially their own track records. This year's October surprise that is getting the biggest play in the media is the revelation that California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman once employed a housekeeper– at $23 an hour — who turned out to be an illegal immigrant. It is great…
An Ex-CNN Anchor’s Definition of Bigotry
Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
Female Lobbyists Cry Foul as Lawmakers Keep Distance
Dems Are Down Big Among Likely Voters
Newport, Jones & Saad, Gallup
PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's generic ballot for Congress among registered voters currently shows Republicans with 46% of the vote and Democrats with 43%, similar to the 46% to 46% tie reported a week ago. However, in Gallup's first estimates among likely voters, based on polling from Sept. 23-Oct. 3, Republicans have a double-digit advantage under two separate turnout scenarios.
Independents Not Buying Dems’ Core Messages
Greg Sargent, Plum Line
If Dems are going to avert a major bloodbath in November, they need independents to embrace two core Dem messages that seem particularly geared towards those voters: The claim that a vote for the GOP is a vote to return to Bush policies; and the assertion that the GOP has been hijacked by whackjob Tea Party extremists.But it appears that indy voters are not yet buying either of these messages in the numbers Dems need, according to internals of the new Post poll that were sent my way.The Post poll asked likely voters: If the Republicans win control of Congress, will they lead the country in a…
