Discussion for article #229633
Every poll except Seltzer has shown the race tightening, with Braley gaining, in the past week. The Q poll has consistently shown Ernst leading, even with Braley having a big advantage in early voting. Now they say it’s tied… and that Braley still has a huge early vote lead.
The real question is – with the Seltzer poll endlessly hyped and endlessly called the “gold standard,” how many Dems won’t bother to vote because it said the race is over?
Meanwhile, CNN – which gave a huge banner headline yesterday to the Seltzer poll and other negative polls – isn’t bothering to report this Q poll, or their poll showing a sudden tightening in CO. Instead, they’re just reposting yesterday’s story. But then, that’s the liberal media for you.
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This appears to confirm that an argument can be made that the Register Seltzer poll is an outlier since this one is consistent with all of the other recent polls (except Seltzer ) that show a much closer race than the 7 point spread from the Register poll. The final verdict will of course be in the results on election day.
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I have about as much need for CNN, the desperate for ratings channel, as I do for Fox. I have Dish Satellite, and I guess they had problems with a new contract for CNN and HLN, because the other day when I was scrolling through the channels, I discovered that where CNN used to be, it now says “CNN has been removed by Turner”.
In it’s place is now MSNBC, so it is actually on two different channels on my TV. Obviously I care so little about CNN, that I didn’t even notice that I didn’t get it anymore. I think this is just another indication how much trouble they are in.
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Republicans answer the landline and talk to pollsters. Dems don’t have landlines.
That Selzer poll was an outlier out of the gate. But it was taken seriously because of the Beltway narrative. Assholes!
And then Tom Harkin goes and says something stupid. Smh.
What Harkin said wasn’t stupid—unless you only listened to the first half of his statement. The second part, in which he said that Ernst was wrong for Iowa, is the money quote.
There was no reason to say anything about her looks. That was stupid.
Harkin was repeating things he’d heard about her—not making a comment about her appearance.
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I do stand corrected. I see in another TPM article that even they are misquoting what Harkin said.