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Little-Acorn
11-27-2007, 07:01 PM
As we all know, under pressure the cream always rises to the top. As Hillary falls behind in the polls, though, it looks like Hillary's campaign staff is starting to sink toward the bottom, twisting and lying desperately about the latest Zogby poll.

The bad news? They probably haven't reached bottom yet. We probably won't like what we see, when they do.

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http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1394

Released: November 27, 2007
Mark Penn: Buckling Under the Pressure of an Unfavorable Poll

All is fair in love and war, the centuries–old proverb states. Politics is not included, but given the way the game is played in modern–day America, maybe it should be. That’s the sense I had again this morning watching Mark Penn, the chief political strategist for Democrat Hillary Clinton, denigrate our latest Zogby Interactive survey simply because it showed his client in a bad light (Link to Latest Poll Number). Penn made the contention on the MSNBC morning news program hosted by Joe Scarborough (Link to Video)

Penn mischaracterized this latest online Zogby poll as our first interactive survey ever – a bizarre contention, since we have been developing and perfecting our Internet polling methodology for nearly a decade (Zogby Intreractive Methodology), and since Penn’s company has been quietly requesting the results of such polls from Zogby for years. We always comply as part of our pledge to give public Zogby polling results to any and every candidate and campaign that asks for them. What is interesting is that no other campaign has made as many requests for Zogby polling data over the years than Penn has made on behalf of Clinton.

Because Mark Penn is a quality pollster himself, we chalk up his contention that our poll is “meaningless” as a knee–jerk reaction by a campaign under pressure coming down the stretch. Several other polls – Zogby surveys and others – have shown her national lead and her leads in early–voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire have shrunk. This is not unusual. These presidential contests usually tighten as the primaries and caucuses approach.

Fritz Wenzel
Director of Communications
Zogby International

(11/27/2007)

glockmail
11-27-2007, 07:37 PM
Does she keep his balls in a vice when she's away from the office? :lol:

diuretic
11-27-2007, 07:57 PM
I always thought Zogby had a pretty good reputation for accuracy.

Looks like the messengers are being shot.

glockmail
11-27-2007, 08:01 PM
Looks like the messengers are being shot. That's always been the mark of a good dictator. Go Hillary!

Little-Acorn
11-27-2007, 09:19 PM
That's always been the mark of a good dictator. Go Hillary!

It's always been the mark of someone in desperate denial of reality.

Yes, Hillary, please go.

glockmail
11-27-2007, 09:51 PM
It's always been the mark of someone in desperate denial of reality.

Yes, Hillary, please go. I support her for the Primary election! :lol: