Posted on 04/29/2013 4:12:01 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Frank Luntz may smugly believe that Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and other right wing talk radio hosts are "responsible for the stark polarization within the nation's political discourse" and therefore "problematic" for the Republican Party.
I submit the problem is that Luntz, and a misguided over-reliance on focus groups, has neutered and thus destroyed any semblance of courage in the GOP's message. Luntz is conflating, as many wonks and number crunchers do, cause and effect with regard to the bigger realities and polarization. The country is polarized because, well, we are polarized. Rush and "the great one" didn't make it so simply by speaking the truth. And pretending to believe the same absurdities the lo-info crowd believes won't make us any less polarized either. Logic dictates that as long as we run low information campaigns, we'll suffer at the hands of the low information voter.
Meanwhile, it is becoming obvious that Luntz has become a prisoner of his own results over the years, and as such, has become obsessed with what misinformation voters already believe. He seems to have lost interest in the value of persuading voters to believe the truth. To Luntz, and to Karl Rove, and in fact most to Republican consultants, a poll or a focus group is not the starting point for voter education, it is the end point for candidate capitulation. This explains the constant surrender in the arena of ideas by candidates and spokes persons who are ostensibly on "our side."
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I haven’t forgotten 08 and some of the Luntz focus groups included a couple of the same pro Romney members all over the country.
Luntz is out on the credibility list. Someone get him a seat next to dick Morris. Don’t give frank any shoes.
Never trust a wealthy man who can’t bother to buy a decent wig. And he’s nasty to his polling volunteers.
Luntz is just telling the GOP want they want to hear.
want=what
Hey ... I resemble that remark!
I have never liked nor trusted luntz... he is a progressive dim that is hired by rove to destroy our chances in elections. luntz was wrong in every focus group during the last debates. The people distrusted obama... many that voted for obama said that they would vote for romney... but his focus groups lied on cue just like luntz was paid to manipulate them to do.
LLS
Some of the highlights, for sure...
Juan, Linda and Marco Rubio are destroying the GOP.
Rush & Mark Levin forever...yes!
Now if only they’d bring back Steve Malzberg!
Luntz was born and raised in West Hartford, CT. Need I say more?
This is the ROmneyCARE/gay marriage/DeathPANEL
wing of the GOP.
Luntz and his focus groups are not worth watching. Luntz is as phoney as his hair piece.
Can we get over what is killing the GOP? NEWS FLASH: The Whigs are already dead, they just don’t know it. Let Rove and his merry band of butt kissers wander around like the blithering idiots they are. NOBODY CARES.
It is time for the TEA Party to step up and become the true opposition force to what passes for a government in Versailles on the Potomac.
But I had not paid attention to Luntz and his focus groups.
Yep, and neither has most of FR. However ...... a huge segment of the general GOP voting public does.
Exhibit A: Mitt Romney winning the 2012 GOP POTUS nomination
Methinks you did not understand Luntz....and unfortunately, a lot of folks do pay attention to him and his groups.
Luntz is just another Kapo republican.
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