""BTW, doesn't Dowd, the W.H.'s polster that put out the propaganda polling saying everyone fell in love with amnesty, now advise Arnold's campaign? 'nuff said.""
They are both named "matthew dowd" -- one in the same?
Oh well, there goes my theory Caroline was conduiting Democratic party fears to her husband. Kind of a dumb theory I guess, Howard Dean and such wouldn't have that kind of political smarts. They have no idea what's going to hit them.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I read months back he was hired to help run Arnold's re-election campaign. At the time I didn't have a problem with it, though some did because Arnold's liberal. I don't really think most of these high level campaign workers have strong ideological leanings anyway, and if they do, most tend to lean Liberal. They simply care about getting their candidate elected and getting their paycheck.
That was back before Dowd started circulating propaganda in a desperate attempt to push amnesty. I still don't care that he's working for Arnold, but my opinion of him has fallen very low. Spinning facts to advantage your candidate is one thing, I don't expect them to publish the facts that don't favor their candidate. That's for the opposition to do.
But pushing statistics you manipulated to sell a lie that you have the public's support? To attempt to mislead their representatives and the public themselves by making them think they are the oddball so they'll jump onboard? There is no integrity in that at all. Sure, it's politics, but it's sleazy politics and I want no part of it.
IMO, Arnold just doesn't want to have to take a stand on illegal immigration in a Dem state in an election year. The more the House travels the country making every provision known, the harder it will be to avoid. Like most Liberals he probably doesn't understand rank and file Libs don't like illegal immigration either. Even though the issue DID result in his first election.