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Obi Wan, Five Days From Election Day
tks.nationalreview.com ^ | 11/2/2006 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 11/02/2006 12:23:47 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm

He wonders if Chuck Schumer has run his entire Senate strategy based on his resentments, instead of what the voters really want to hear. Obi notes Schumer has run a ton of ads tying Michael Steele to President Bush and the Iraq war – images, the media assures us, are toxic in this election atmosphere. And yet Steele’s still in this race, with all the momentum. In fact, Bob Ehrlich is even closer in the governor’s race, and Democrats were tying him to Bush all year long, never mind that Ehrlich is a governor and doesn’t interact with Bush terribly frequently.

“Schumer should have done voter research,” Obi says. “Campaign on their resentments, not yours.”

Then he wonders what the polls have been measuring. Is it people’s moods? Their reaction to what is on the television at any given moment? Do numbers from a week ago, two weeks ago, or a month really represent who they will vote for on Tuesday?

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: democrats; election; elections; kerryspot

1 posted on 11/02/2006 12:23:48 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

I sent "obi" and Jim the zogby last numbers and the real vote % and the difference someone did for us here. Hopefully Obi will look and repley


2 posted on 11/02/2006 12:33:18 PM PST by Paul8148
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

The Dems also seem to have this idea stuck in their head - Bush's low numbers means people want to see Democrats elected. Bush's low numbers are precisely BECAUSE they don't think he's stood up to Democrats.


3 posted on 11/02/2006 12:43:34 PM PST by Question Liberal Authority (Kerry's Joke Insulted The Wrong People In The Wrong War At the Wrong Time)
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4 posted on 11/02/2006 1:18:23 PM PST by Tamar1973 (I find your lack of faith disturbing--Darth Vader, Ep. IV)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
It's doubtful that the Repubs will lose control of Congress.
5 posted on 11/02/2006 1:27:50 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
Do numbers from a week ago, two weeks ago, or a month really represent who they will vote for on Tuesday?

No. Those numbers reflect opinions at a point in time, not longstanding judgments people take to the polls.

6 posted on 11/02/2006 7:41:14 PM PST by gotribe (It's not a religion.)
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