Washington Whispers: US News & World Report

[Girlfriday]

Looking through Washington Whispers today I noted a little blurb about pollster Frank Luntz using a "cool gimmick" to size up the Democratic presidential candidates. Apparently it consists of a dial for the audience; half of whom are Republican and half Democratic. The dial is turned in approval or disapproval when a candidate speaks. Here is what he found:

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First, no matter what the Rep. Dick Gephardt said, both sides dialed him a loser. Howard Dean, meanwhile, got consistently high numbers. And anytime the candidates personally attacked each other or President Bush, the disapproval dial was hit.

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Definitely a lesson to be learned from this. Candidates should NOT go negative. They should do what Clinton did; give the public a clear change and hope for reviving the economy and job growth.IMHO

[qb]

1. Do what the Repugs do - pay someone else to go negative.

[ewagner]

2. Exactly!

where's our version of Rush or Bill O'really?

Naw....we just can't bring urselves to do it....which is, after all the difference between us and the repukes............

[KoKo]

3. Could you post the link to this please. You know Lunz is a Repug Pollster

so without a link......I don't know what full article says.

[Girlfriday]

4. Sorry KoKo,

I actually saw this in the magazine. It seems they only post the top story on the website. Like I said, it was just a little blurb. I pretty much paraphrased most of the article, but the snip is exact wording. I'll include the link, but I couldn't find it under Washiton Whispers, maybe you can.


http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/whisphome.htm