Spinning Out Clear Winner Even Before Debate Begins [NYT]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/politics/campaign/06spin.html?oref=login&ex=1254283200&en=e16ab663941676c1&ei=5090&partner=yourregistrationsystemsucks

Spinning Out Clear Winner Even Before Debate Begins
By JIM RUTENBERG

Published: October 6, 2004



LEVELAND, Oct. 5 - Determined to win the post-debate spin war on Tuesday night, the Bush campaign called on its supporters to flood the news media with quick declarations that Vice President Dick Cheney had come out ahead.

Ken Mehlman, Mr. Bush's campaign manager, delivered the request in an e-mail message to supporters early Tuesday morning.

"Immediately after the debate, visit online polls, chat rooms and discussion boards and make your voice heard," he said in the note, sent to the six million supporters on the campaign's e-mail list. "People's perceptions are shaped as much by their conversations around the water cooler as by the debates themselves."

The note - which is a mirror image of one sent out by the Democrats just before the first presidential debate last week - also exhorted supporters to follow up by writing letters to their local newspapers and by calling in to radio talk shows.

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i have to say, despite all of this, Edwards still won the fauxnews.com online poll pretty handily!

[DixieDem]

1. Good god! Have they gotten so arrogant that they think they can fool

those of us that actually watched the debate?

Don't even try to go there Rove... we've got you pegged!

[Tight_rope]

2. I guess that trick didn't work...Try another Rove!

[RebelOne]

3. Something definitely fishy about the Faux News poll

When I voted at 5:30 am this morning the numbers were as above. But about 15 minutes later Faux News announced that it was Edwards at 53%. I went back online and sure enough the poll result was different. How could the numbers change so much in 15 minutes?

[The Zanti Regent]

4. It's 19th Century Fox!

What do you expect from Nazis?