Comments on: Unheeded Warnings http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/23/unheeded-warnings/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Heading For Trouble http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/23/unheeded-warnings/comment-page-1/#comment-59442 Blue Crab Boulevard » Heading For Trouble Fri, 11 May 2007 18:27:59 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/23/unheeded-warnings/#comment-59442 [...] I'd also point out that these numbers are a disaster for those members of Congress who are running after their party nomination for president in 2008. It is extremely unlikely that the voters are going to reward a member of the current Congress with a promotion. As has been pointed out before - by Democratic party campaign adviser Doug Schoen - the Democratic party has a very, very real danger of bearing a disproportionate share of the blame for the public's perceptions of Congressional failings. [...] [...] I'd also point out that these numbers are a disaster for those members of Congress who are running after their party nomination for president in 2008. It is extremely unlikely that the voters are going to reward a member of the current Congress with a promotion. As has been pointed out before – by Democratic party campaign adviser Doug Schoen – the Democratic party has a very, very real danger of bearing a disproportionate share of the blame for the public's perceptions of Congressional failings. [...]

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/23/unheeded-warnings/comment-page-1/#comment-58283 Gaius Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:30:40 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/23/unheeded-warnings/#comment-58283 Excessive faith in polling is hurting the heck of the Dems, they really do not get it. Excessive faith in polling is hurting the heck of the Dems, they really do not get it.

]]> By: Tom Bowler http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/23/unheeded-warnings/comment-page-1/#comment-58282 Tom Bowler Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:19:29 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/23/unheeded-warnings/#comment-58282 <em>"Poll it again," Clinton said. But the numbers always came back the same. Americans said they would blame the Republicans if the government was shut down. Congress was being overly aggressive and confrontational. <strong>Standing firm would shore up Clinton's standing as a strong and principled leader</strong>.</em> Isn't it a hoot that Clinton found strength to stick to his <em>principles</em> only by taking a poll... several times? “Poll it again,” Clinton said. But the numbers always came back the same. Americans said they would blame the Republicans if the government was shut down. Congress was being overly aggressive and confrontational. Standing firm would shore up Clinton’s standing as a strong and principled leader.

Isn’t it a hoot that Clinton found strength to stick to his principles only by taking a poll… several times?

]]> By: Quilly Mammoth http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/23/unheeded-warnings/comment-page-1/#comment-58272 Quilly Mammoth Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:53:16 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/23/unheeded-warnings/#comment-58272 The difference is, of course, that the MSM was on Bill's side. The difference is, of course, that the MSM was on Bill’s side.

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