My favorite Rove “sweep kick” was back in the 2000 election. In the aftermath of the chad count I think it was a maneuver whose nuance was lost on the media elite.
In the last 2 days leading up to the election candidate Bush and his team played poker with their polling data from California. Keeping a tight lipped smirk on their faces when they were pressed for details and insights of how they thought they might do in the Golden State. I believe that Bush even took a trip out west in that final weekend prompting the “conventional wisdom” to take a panic stricken glance around at each other with the urgent sense of “what do these guys know that we don’t”?
While I can’t be certain of the efficiency of the strategy, I like to think that the play created just enough noise among voters in Florida that it contributed to a sense of complacency among a couple hundred Florida liberals.
“Aww, Dude! This Rove guy thinks that Bush is gonna win California. It’s still raining. Maybe we should hit my bong again before we leave the dorm and head out to the polls? What do ya think, Dude?”
In the last 2 days leading up to the election candidate Bush and his team played poker with their polling data from California. Keeping a tight lipped smirk on their faces when they were pressed for details and insights of how they thought they might do in the Golden State. I believe that Bush even took a trip out west in that final weekend prompting the “conventional wisdom” to take a panic stricken glance around at each other with the urgent sense of “what do these guys know that we don’t”?
Zogby cooked the books and the libs cited the phony exit poll numbers on election day DURING the polling day as proof that the Republicans were toast.
And after the election, they cited those same boosted numbers as "proof" that the election had been stolen from them.