[greyfoxx39]

Update on the push poll saga, see also Post 125, "Blogger in contact with Western Wats resigns from Romney campaign"

[Petronski]

Through this small tear in the curtain, we can see the Romney Sleaze Machine in action.

[JRochelle]

The plot thickens.

Watch for the Romney campaign to admit to something, just as we are all about to dine on turkey, hoping that it will not be noticed.

[Petronski]

Here’s that JRochelle post in its entirety:

Update:

Blogger in contact with Western Wats resigns from Romney campaign
November 21, 2007 – 2:52 pm
Justin Hart has notified me that he has resigned from his position as a Vice Chair of the Romney campaign’s Faith and Values Steering Committee after I challenged him for not disclosing that he was an official in the Romney campaign.

Justin had been, until today, the only person who Western Wats would speak with. This afternoon Liz Mair wrote about a discussion she had with Jeffery Welch, a senior Western Wats executive and Romney donor.

He appears to have resigned soon after contacting the Romney Iowa staffers who the Romney campaign has now admitted to misrepresenting to the press.

[skinkinthegrass]

...So Romney, did the polling?....(making that clear.)
....Or was it, the 'Toons et al....(trying to show, how fractured the Conservatives/GOP is.)

[Petronski]

Further update.

[skinkinthegrass]

...next time, I'll wait.

[ejonesie22]

Has anyone notice the lack of activity from the head Mittwitts for the past hour or so?

Wonder if there has been a recall for updating to the “make me a Conservative” talking points

[skyman]

It this is true then this is obviously bad.

However I’m not a Romney supporter (too much of a RINO for me) but I’ll wait until that facts are in rather than get the rope ready to hang him like the rest of you gleefully seem to be doing.

[blueheron2]

Let me say up front that I’m not supporting any candidate yet. Maybe that’s why when I read this article I was not impressed. Making sure Romney’s people got polled? Evidence please. Mistake maybe? Incompetence maybe? Democrat maybe? A million possibilies maybe? Writer’s biased and not particularly bright. Logic doesn’t work without facts.

[FastCoyote]

“Well, it indicates very, very strongly that whoever orchestrated the calls wanted these particular respondents— who could be counted on to run to the media complaining about the calls— contacted. Certainly, it was not up to Western Wats (allegedly) to determine who was called, so it wasn’t an accident, mistake, oversight , or even deliberate action (perhaps to aid a candidate that some at the firm seem to strongly back) on their part that led to these people being called.”

Not only were Romney staffers in the polling sample, but the choice of Western Wats themselves was designed to ensure the poll got flagged (by dissidents within Western Wats). From experience, most conspiracies are not conspiracies (but a few are).