January 16, 2008
Huck-a-Whack, Push Poll Edition, Part 2
I announced here on Three Sources last week that I had received a push poll phone call that was pro-Huckabee and anti-Romney. It now appears that the Huckster is up to his old tricks elsewhere.
2008 Race
Posted by Harrison Bergeron at January 16, 2008 11:03 PM
I'm on thin ice 'round these parts and should be careful about defending Men from Hope. But still...
Push polling is pretty obnoxious; I hate all things which lower the level of discourse in politics.
Yet it seems to be attaining a mythical level of disapprobation where I suspect candidates will soon be faking push polling against themselves to attack their opponents. I suspect this has already happened somewhere.
Also the McCain-Thompson-Feingold bill [Whack my guy, will ya jg?] has forced so much of campaigning into unaccountable 527s, I don't know how much to blame the candidate. To be fair, if I got a push poll that seemed to favor my candidate, I would not change my mind.
I'm on thin ice 'round these parts and should be careful about defending Men from Hope. But still...
Push polling is pretty obnoxious; I hate all things which lower the level of discourse in politics.
Yet it seems to be attaining a mythical level of disapprobation where I suspect candidates will soon be faking push polling against themselves to attack their opponents. I suspect this has already happened somewhere.
Also the McCain-Thompson-Feingold bill [Whack my guy, will ya jg?] has forced so much of campaigning into unaccountable 527s, I don't know how much to blame the candidate. To be fair, if I got a push poll that seemed to favor my candidate, I would not change my mind.
Posted by: jk at January 17, 2008 12:48 PMTomato fights are always more fun when the other guy fights back.
Posted by: johngalt at January 17, 2008 2:34 PM'deed they are!
Posted by: jk at January 17, 2008 2:42 PM | What do you think? [3]