Walker lead in Marquette poll not what it seems!

[Jackpine Radical]

http://fightingbob.com/

January 26, 2012
Bankers are not bad people!
By Ed Garvey

C'mon folks. Listen to Daddy Mitt. "Bankers are not bad people---just overwhelmed." Really. He said that, and, of course we all agree--there are some bad, some good bankers but overwelmed? Heck there are even bad lawyers. There are even a few bad judges! OK I have gone to far!

Bad bankers, bad judges, bad lawyers--how about bad pollsters? Headline in JS--GOVERNOR'S JOB RATING UP IN NEW MARQUETTE POLL. What? Marquette has never had a poll so politiFact might say JS has "pants on fire" when they write--newMarquette poll when there has never been an "old Marquette poll". Ah, yes, the unholy alliance strikes again.

Whose poll is it if it is not Marquette's? Did JS ask or are they part of the deal? Recall we have been flashing the yellow caution light about UW Madison's Pol Sci prof Charles Franklin. (He was part of the UW-Madison partnership with extreme right-wing Bradley Foundation's WPRI. Bradley would pay Franklin and his fellow pol.sci profs and Franklin would lend the UW's good name to polls. WPRI would give final approval to the wording, timing, subject matter and they agreed to spin results with MJS! In fact, MJS would get the information ahead of all other media. Tsk, tsk and whoa Nelly. Who conducted this "new Marquette poll"? Why none other than Dr. Franklin: "The new poll says says "this is the first of a series being conducted by Charles Franklin, co-founder of pollster.com and a visiting professor at Marquette on leave from the /UW-Madison. Because he is on leave, he will argue that neither he nor Marquette are covered by the Open Records law st hat tripped him when the WPRI deal was exposed by Fighting Bob.com.

Franklin can influence the decisions of Democrats thinking about challenging Wallker. If they believe Franklin, they might conclude that Walker is getting a Gingrich-like surge.

I think that we should know who is paying Franklin or his new corporate entity. What are the questions, who gets to decide? Who spins? Is Franklin back to the old deal with MJS? Looks like it if you read the story today.

My advice--pay no attention to Franklin's polls and Marquette--old, new or waiting to be cooked.

[yourout]

1. The one flashing light I see is the poll having Falk with one of the closer margins. I travel......

around the state quite a bit and have to interact with quite a few right wing folks and they all hate her with a white hot passion.

In my eyes she is the least likely to win.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. I agree.

Hell, I'm not particularly fond of her myself. But then I'd vote for Babe the Blue Ox before I'd vote for any Republican.

[Scuba]

2. I've got 30,000 Recall Walker volunteers who say the poll is bullshit.

[whistler162]

4. Is that a poll Jimmy Buffet runs?