Discussion: Cantor's Pollster Blames Democratic Meddling For Loss

system1 · June 11, 2014, 1:08pm

Discussion for article #223795

austin_dave · June 11, 2014, 2:03pm

I would have made it too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids and that stupid dog!

dr_coyote · June 11, 2014, 2:03pm

Of course he’s claiming that. Better than if he admits he’s incompetent and wasted all the money paid him.

daveminnj · June 11, 2014, 2:05pm

scoobie-DOOOOO!

weatherservo9 · June 11, 2014, 2:10pm

The arch-nemesis of the Republican party isn’t the Democrats, it’s reality.

ralph_vonholst · June 11, 2014, 2:11pm

“…And also that asteroid that just passed within 700,000 miles of us.”

edjoe3 · June 11, 2014, 2:14pm

At least he blamed it on something else beside Benghazi.

bigpoppajumbo · June 11, 2014, 2:19pm

While we progressives might want to pull up a chair to watch this GOTP dogfight, just remember that the wing nuts will be voting because they hate and they fear . What’s motivating us?

imkmu3 · June 11, 2014, 2:19pm

Those meddling kids!

ajm · June 11, 2014, 2:20pm

Cantor’s Lament: But it was such fun getting the Democrats’ goat by hurting the country in order to make life difficult for President Obama. Who knew that Democrats had teeth?

jinnj · June 11, 2014, 2:20pm

WOW … really? so he is saying that the “meddling Democrats” jumped in over the weekend and took a situation where Cantor had a 34-point lead … and swung it around to where Cantor lost by 10 points … a net 44 point swing? Cooter did that? really ?

is is possible that this guy Mclaughlin just did not know what he was doing? and possibly after spending so much time over the years crafting bogus surveys that would produce the results that he wanted - he simply forgot how to conduct surveys that accurately projected the truth?

ncsteve · June 11, 2014, 2:22pm

Hilarious.

I said it two days ago: Democratic pollsters are in the business of telling their customers the truth because those who don’t get no repeat business. Republican pollsters are in the business of telling their customers what they want to hear because those that don’t get no repeat business.

Self-deception and fuhrerbunker delusion are integral to the modern Republican ideological foundation. And when truth inevitably crashes their party, they’re inevitably going to go with a conspiracy theory–False Flag! Stabbed in the back by traitors! MSM perfidy! Voter fraud!

And when you’re a pollster whose job is selling bullshit, you’ve definitely got to be able to blame Them when you’re inevitably proven wrong.

suicide_arsonist · June 11, 2014, 2:22pm

Meh - I’m cool with it.

suicide_arsonist · June 11, 2014, 2:23pm

Sounds like time to get Cooter back in the game.

suicide_arsonist · June 11, 2014, 2:24pm

He still has that retainer from Rove

manhattan123 · June 11, 2014, 2:28pm

Sounds more like he had Mitt Romney’s pollsters. And Karl Rove is still waiting for Southern Ohio to come in!

semiotix · June 11, 2014, 2:33pm

‘So you see, sneaky Democratic voters mobilized by tweets sent out by a single former politician accounted for the other guy’s 10% margin in a 2-1 Republican district.’

Ha, well, I suppose I could snark, but this is the only remotely face-saving thing anyone on Cantor’s side could say under the circumstances.

And since they just became about the least employable political operatives in the country, I guess I don’t need to pile on. Bonne chance, mofos!

ncsteve · June 11, 2014, 2:36pm

daveyjones64 · June 11, 2014, 2:38pm

PPP is already shooting this down.

http://t.co/ept1FwymhY

His internal polling sucked, but the numbers and trends were right there all along apparently.

It really is stunning that he outspent his opponent 20-1 and not only lost, but apparently had no clue as to where they were. 34 points up in internal polling only to lose by 12…just wow.

yellowdogD · June 11, 2014, 2:41pm

The pollster left out an important demographic in his polls; Democrats likely to vote. Talk about your skewed poll! LOL