Doug Schoen and Pat Cadell are the biggest concern trolls I’ve ever seen. It’s hard to believe that Cadell was George McGovern’s pollster (and a true believer). Now he gets his paychecks from Fox News and his opinions (rather than his polling prowess) are paid for. Here’s some advice. Don’t believe a Rasmussen Poll until about a week before an actual election. Everything they do prior to that is meant to shape and influence perceptions on issues and candidates. Because their only accountability day is election day, they are free to give out bullshit numbers the rest of the time, and they do. And hacks like Schoen and Cadell use those numbers to advise the Democrats to get back to DLC policies and embrace the teabaggers. It’s a racket. Don’t fall for it.
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BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
“Fox News” – pretty much a racket unto itself…
…and I’d just love to have a nickel for every talking sphincter that has shown up on Fox masquerading as a liberal or Democrat — I’d be wiping my ass with Benjamins!
thanks for telling it to us straight BooMan
I’m getting really tired of seeing people site Rasmussen and/or average them into their poll trends.