What do the polls say??
Rasmussen released a poll today that has Akin down by 10% (48 McCaskell 38 Akin).
Nuff Said.
Who do you think actually changed from supporting Akin to supporting McCaskill, and why?
If I was in Missouri and wanted a different candidate to replace Akin, I would tell pollsters what it takes to get Akin to be replaced. Maybe that I would vote third party. Maybe that I would vote McCaskill. That doesn’t mean I would EVER actually vote for McCaskill. So even if the polls are accurate, the responses could be based on lots of different thinking.
And we have no idea whether the polls are accurate, either. The lib pollsters created results to encourage Akin to stay in. Rasmussen is generally more conservative and has results that would urge replacement of Akin. Who knows what the truth really is? It’s constantly being manipulated to try to sell something to the public.
What voter who would have voted for Akin would truly vote for McCaskill instead because of this? What would their thinking be?
The trouble is that there is a paradox at work.
Most pollsters are biased left, but while Rasmussen is said by some to be biased right, does this mean conservative right or Republican establishment right?
So while before I asked for polling results, truthfully, I’m not sure we can get honest polling results right now. And add to that, will those poll results stay fixed?
The Democrats only rarely cut a candidate loose for any gross thing they do as long as it is left-leaning. But the Republicans are quick to do so, often without further consideration of what that means.
Since I do not believe there is any way to put up a replacement, even in a write in campaign, by Missouri law, its Republicans are stuck with Akin or nobody.
So it boils down to this: like him or not, is it better to have a critical seat in the US senate or not?