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Sorry sight last night, post-Palin speech, seeing the Fourth Estaters pooh-pooh Republican charges that the media are pro-Obama. But perception is reality in politics, and according to a new SurveyUSA poll, this limited to Washington State registered voters, folks believe the press is pressing for the Democrat candidate. When asked "Is the media rooting for Barack Obama? Rooting for John McCain? Or trying its best to be fair to both?" 52% said "for Obama," 8% said "for McCain," 35% said "being fair to both." Interesting: 28% of Democrats, 28% of liberals, and 42% of moderates chose "for Obama." It would...

The California Supreme Court's historic declaration that same-sex couples can marry will be tested in November when voters face a measure that would enact a constitutional ban on such marriages – and two new polls indicate that it will be a close one. The court set aside a 2000 ballot measure that barred recognition of same-sex marriages but, the new polls indicate, voters have been moving the other way. A Los Angeles Times poll of registered voters, taken on May 20-21, a few days after the Supreme Court decision, found that 51 percent disapproved of the Supreme Court's decree, while...

Heard the poll by local on air announcer while listening to Rush. Full text of poll question is: "Do you think reports that John McCain had an inappropriate relationship with a female lobbyist will affect his chances to be elected?" Not "if true will they affect". The Slimes smear is being carried by Clear Channel (which has NOT been a friend of Conservatives in Houston). Poll can be seen online at this link http://www.ktrh.com/main.html

A cheer went up from the crowd of Fred staffers at the Greenville Embassy Suites when Fox News called South Carolina for McCain. No, Fred is not a stalking horse, but what has emerged here is a palpable contempt for Mike Huckabee and his campaign methods (push polls Upstate) and his outright lies and blatant pandering changes of position. CW is that conservatives have serious resevations with Huckabee and McCain. If this sample is representative of conservatives-and Fred’s campaign is certainly staffed with many Reagan conservatives-then Rush and Levin are only half right. UPDATE: 9:35. A groan greeted Huck’s appearance....

Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is strongly denouncing push polling activities in South Carolina, and any state in the country. "As I've said before, our campaign has nothing to do with push polling and I wish they would stop. We don't want this kind of campaigning because it violates the spirit of our campaign. I want to become President because I am the best candidate, not because I attacked the other candidate," said Huckabee from the campaign trail in South Carolina. National Campaign Manager Chip Saltsman agreed: "Anyone who has the slightest understanding of the race...

Oh boy one has to believe that Huckabee will be getting some blow-back from this. These push polls have even brought out the South Carolina Attorney General to make this statement: “Last evening the Associated Press reported that that an out-of-state special interest group, Common Sense Issues, had launched a massive push polling effort disparaging John McCain and other candidates for president. In their push poll, Common Sense Issues makes several misleading claims regarding John McCain’s record.“Allow me to set the record straight. In the U.S. Senate, John McCain has been an unwavering voice for the rights of the unborn....

I guess IÂ’m not that surprised: some folks are using some underhanded push-polling to promote Huckabee. A newly-formed group claiming to support Mike Huckabee hit the phones of Iowa Republicans tonight with an automated push-poll attacking HuckabeeÂ’s GOP opponents and praising the former Arkansas governor. Officials representing the Iowa campaigns of Fred Thompson, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani all said that their supporters contacted them to complain about the calls. A spokesman for RomneyÂ’s campaign said they had gotten reports of calls, but did not know of anything negative being said about their candidate. It appears this group might be...

Definition: Push Poll: "A push poll is a political campaign technique in which an individual or organization attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll. Push polls are generally viewed as a form of negative campaigning. The term is also sometimes used incorrectly to refer to legitimate polls which test political messages, some of which may be negative. Push polling has been condemned by the American Association of Political Consultants."Melissa Russo, political reporter for NBC's NYC affiliate WNBC, recently followed Rudy Giuliani up to New Hampshire. In her report on this morning's...

It's clear to Freepers that the success of the Iraqi elections has totally confounded the Left and the MSM. I won't re-hash the idiotic statements of Dean, Kerry, Pelosi -- the real question is, how could they, as seasoned political pros, have been so politically stupid? I think the answer is simple. The Dems were willing to run off the cliff because they became convinced that the polling numbers showed that Bush was finally vulnerable. This was a mistake for so many reasons: 1) the polling numbers themselves was a shimera, the result of virtual push-polling by the MSM, who...

A majority of Republican voters favor an immigration plan that would allow illegal immigrants to apply for temporary work visas and have a path to permanent residency, a poll released Monday found. The poll suggests that the party's rank-and-file are not divided on immigration the way their leaders in Congress are, said GOP pollster Ed Goeas, president of The Tarrance Group, which conducted the survey. "Republican voters are, in fact, not split on this," he said. "It is clear that (they) strongly favor a comprehensive immigration reform plan that combines the stick of tighter borders and tougher enforcement with the...

WASHINGTON -- By a margin of almost 2-to-1, likely Florida voters feel strongly that Congress and President Bush should have stayed out of the battle over Terri Schiavo's fate, according to a new poll conducted this week for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Florida Times-Union.

Zogby has been doing a fair amount of polling over the Internet. This mornings poll asks the usual questions for presidential polling and then throws in this gem: "Who would you more likely vote for president - the Tin Man who is all brains and no heart or the Scarecrow who is heart and no brain?" Which candidate is which.

BLOOMINGTON -- Political polls are "phony" and should not just be disregarded, but banned, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes argued Monday. "They (polls) are manipulative and degrading and damaging to our political system, and they should not be allowed when it comes to the actual time frame in which people are making up their minds," Keyes said during a meeting with The Pantagraph's editorial board. His comments came in response to questions about a Pantagraph/St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll published Monday showing him trailing Democrat Barack Obama 68 percent to 23 percent. The survey, released 43 days before the election,...

PASADENA, Md., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- "We are very pleased that the Constitution Party presidential ticket is now being included in Zogby's presidential polling," stated Michael A. Peroutka, Constitution Party presidential nominee. "Zogby should be commended for conducting their polls in such a fair and honest fashion. It only makes sense to include all the presidential candidates who have the ballot access to potentially win this race if you want an accurate snapshot of the American electorate's voting intentions." The latest Zogby poll to include Peroutka-Baldwin 2004 is web-based, and allows those who have taken advantage of their free online...

DEAN: DO AS I DO, NOT AS I SAY! Flush With Cash, Dean Abandons Commitment To Public Financing ________________________________________________________ “‘Before he was so flush with cash, Howard Dean was an ardent and passionate supporter of the matching-fund system,’ said Jim Jordan, manager of Kerry’s campaign. ‘Now that his situation has changed, of course, so have his views on that system. More flip-flops, more politics of convenience, more politics as usual.’” (Mark Z. Barabak, “Dean Taking Poll On Funding Question,” Los Angeles Times, 11/5/03) WAS SO COMMITTED TO PUBLIC FINANCING, WARNED OTHER DEMS NOT TO BACK OUT March ‘03: Let...