That’s A Nice Senate Seat You Have There….
…It would be a shame if anything happened to it, Squire…..
MoveOn.thug has released – to a compliant media – its latest threat. Now, I have no sympathy whatsoever toward Arlen Specter, the target of this barrage, but one has to put this in perspective.
One of the nation’s largest liberal advocacy organizations, MoveOn.org , is resisting efforts to clear the Democratic primary field for Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter.
The political arm of MoveOn flexed its muscle Friday by releasing the results of an online poll that showed the vast majority of the group’s roughly 170,000 members in Pennsylvania – 85 percent – would consider supporting a Democratic challenger against Specter.
The group expressed concern over Specter’s vote against President Obama’s $3.4 billion budget just one day after defecting to the Democratic Party. MoveOn also cited comments Specter made in an appearance on “Meet the Press” last weekend suggesting he would oppose a public health insurance option that some Democrats would like to see included in any health care reform proposal.
But there might be a silver lining for the longtime Pennsylvania lawmaker: The MoveOn poll found that 90 percent of its members said they would support Specter if he chooses to align more closely with the president’s agenda.
The extortion is rather obvious. Toe the line and our minions will not be harsh with you come election day.
Their own media-reported figures show that they are 170,000 strong in Pennsylvania.
Which has a population of about 12.5 million.
So now 1.36% of the population is a force to be reckoned with? (If you accept that the “online poll” wasn’t padded up by a huge amount.)
Only with a compliant media reporting this with a straight face.
By MikeM, May 9, 2009 @ 3:44 pm
First, on-line polls are not considered accurate – self-selecting responders. Second, MoveOn’s membership is exceedingly and most likely not representative of the Democratic party in Pennsylvania. Anyone as politically savvy as Sen. Specter will take this with an ample “grain of salt”.