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Ellen Carmichael@ellencarmichael Luntz said he has never had a focus group swing as much as his Obama-leaning group did tonight. "This is a big deal," he says. 3 Oct 12 Reply Retweet Favorite Tonight, pollster Frank Luntz assembled a focus group consisting of undecided Colorado voters. By the end of tonightÂ’s debate, the group had moved dramatically toward GOP nominee Mitt Romney. At least half a dozen focus group members who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 now say they will vote for Romney. Virtually everyone in the group said that Romney won the debate and exceeded their expectations. Luntz,...

Here is video of a Frank Luntz focus group reacting to President Obama's State of the Union Address last night. Some the participants praised the speech, but numerous participants said they were tired of Obama's "empty rhetoric," and want to see him actually "do" something. . . . (VIDEO)

Over the past few years, a new technology has sprung up: Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. It is the creation of Internet Marketers, and Spammers, who seek ways to get our attention, to defeat spam blockers, and to zero in on our individual demographic and perhaps more important, psychographic profiles. At its worst, it is an invasion of privacy on an unprecedented scale. It invades e-mail by using spyware to build specialized vocabularies for every customer. It looks over browser inquiries, even private correspondence with commercial entities. Then, SEO techniques are able to help create messages, using key words, or...

Q. How can you tell when a politician speaks to the tune of focus groups? A. The overall tone and meaning is at odds with their actions. Focus groups have one purpose: to find the exact set of words that make people happy. However, the facts clearly disagree with Obama’s action, records and at times—plain facts. http://www.butasforme.com/2009/02/24/fact-check-obama-speech/

I've watched Franks Luntz and his "focus groups" for years. There is no question in my mind that his "groups" are filled with planted leftists. There is now way in the world that even a random selection of "undecided" could be decidedly socialist after a debate that McCain won. Throw that crap out!! Punt the Luntz!!

Many have said they’re not interested in Windows Vista, that Windows XP is just fine for them. And in fact, you could go so far as to say some of them actually hate the OS. Still, a new OS, Mojave, may just be the key to a new marketing campaign. Last week Microsoft told a focus group in San Francisco they were being shown a new version of Windows, codenamed Mojave. Feedback was quite positive; more than 90% gave positive feedback. Afterwards they were told that Mojave was actually Windows Vista.

“Right Night: NRO Takes Manchester” will feature our version of the three wise men: the tremendous trio of Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long, and Mark Steyn. The night will be cosponsored by the good folks at the new Center for the Renewal of New England Politics and Culture at the Granite State’s own Thomas More College. See You Tomorrow in Manchester [Kathryn Jean Lopez] If you signed up for the Long-Steyn-Goldberg show, you'll be getting an e-mail tonight. Basically starts at 4:30, runs to a bit after midnight at the Manchester Radisson. Some special guests on site are rumored to include...

Sen. Hillary Clinton, speaking in Bettendorf, Iowa, trying to convince a crowd to caucus for her, explained that she wants to be with them so that she can win Iowa in November 2008. "I want a long term relationship," she said. "I don't want to just have a one night stand with all of you." Clinton is trying to earn support of Iowans by launching a new theme today -- "Take your Buddy to Caucus." This is a new strategy from Clinton, who has said that most of her supporters have never been to a caucus before. The campaign has...

Debate Score: Bush 3, Kerry 0 Written by Gregory Borse Saturday, October 16, 2004 Senator Kerry’s nuanced (read hypocritical) foreign policy record includes politically opportunistic votes on the idea of war (he’s for it when it’s politically expedient, or supported by Clinton, and against it when Howard Dean proves that it’s politically expedient in the Democratic Party to be against it). But Kerry has also voted against military funding every time the issue has been brought to the floor of the senate. Kerry’s foreign policy position in a time of war includes attempting to co-opt Ronald Reagan in Wednesday night’s...

There's an interesting focus group on C-SPAN right now asking people about politics, candidates, and Bush. Very interesting if you've never seen one of these. This one is run by Peter Hart.

Posted on Thu, Oct. 23, 2003 Voters' talk shows Bush retains support By Dick Polman Inquirer Staff Writer Douglas Grunklee might be the Democratic Party's worst nightmare. An independent voter and Catholic school teacher, Grunklee complains that President Bush "lied to get us into Iraq," that he is "allowing too much corruption," that he is "taking care of the top one or two percent" of rich people at the expense of everyone else, that his tax cuts have not stoked the economy, and that his attorney general, John Ashcroft, is "crushing the Constitution." Grunklee's preferred candidate for 2004? President Bush....

<p>The questions came rapid-fire.</p> <p>"What do you think of the possibility of war with Iraq? What has to be done to get more money for the schools? Do you think President Bush has made any wrong decisions as president?"</p> <p>"These are harder questions than I get from the press corps," Gov. Mark R. Warner remarked.</p>