Berned Up?

[DavidDvorkin]

Your reader MJ is right to be worried. I've seen results of a poll (and heard about another) done by a group here in DC that tested Sanders's support before and after likely lines of attack against him. The results are bad, real bad.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/berned-up


This is exactly the problem with Sanders as the nominee.

[Fawke Em]

1. It's still isn't as bad as an indictment. eom

[berniepdx420]

5. or as bad as the laundry list of scandals we will all have to live through again..time for a change

[AtomicKitten]

9. x 10000000

[restorefreedom]

11. bam! first response! nt

[MohRokTah]

2. K&R eom

[Stallion]

3. What They Got on Bernie Will make McGovern Look Like Joe Mccarthy

and McGovern was a highly decorated WWII veteran and bombing Ace

[restorefreedom]

12. what they "got" is a consistent progressive voting record

and a scandal free life lived with integrity and a heart for public service.

[TBF]

35. You're gonna have to do better than that comrade. nt

[jillan]

4. Ooooo! I just love Crystal Balls!! And those magic 8 cubes too.

[kristopher]

13. Anonymous comments on a blog are the final word for me!

Wait. Hold on!

No they aren't, that would be the ultimate in stupidity.

[nc4bo]

23. You raaaang??

[Vattel]

6. Meh. It should also measure the effect of responses to the attack.

Ending with the negative is inherently biased.

[Skwmom]

37. Exactly. Plus how were the questions worded. n/t

[Mike Nelson]

7. The Republicans will sling it...

...and it won't be mud.

[Broward]

8. Thanks for your concern.

[DavidDvorkin]

22. My concern, as a lifelong Democrat, is that we hold onto the White House.

[cleopotrick]

10. Bad! Real bad! Low energy! Sad! Thank you, DT nt

[Vinca]

14. It couldn't be any worse than you know who and Benghazi/emails/FBI investigation, etc.

[restorefreedom]

15. can you pleeeeeeze tell me the winning powerball numbers?

my car has been unreliable lately....

[Dem2]

16. I also saw a simulated ad

I felt that genuine sinking feeling of "we're screwed". We need to think about this now, not later. I do worry about this every day.

[Lucinda]

17. It will be interesting to see what he posts after sorting out his thoughts on this.

It's certainly not news to those of us supporting Clinton. We can pretty much guess what the ads would be, because we've seen them pointed at Hillary for years. Anyone not expecting them is incredibly naive. It's a big part of why I don't care about the donor rollback the DNC made recently. It will take an enormous amount of money to fight the attack ads, regardless who we nominate. We can kill CU and other dark money efforts AFTER we get through the GE.

[Fawke Em]

19. You really think the Clintons will slay their golden goose?

Talk about someone believing in rainbow-colored unicorns!

[Lucinda]

20. It isn't her golden goose. But yep. CU will go.

[fwiff]

24. You are either naive or haven't been paying attention

It's the one thing she is very,very good at.
And neither Clinton would give up anything that assists in wielding power. That's who they are.

She wouldn't even commit to a hypothetical on CU as a litmus for SCOTUS!

[Lucinda]

25. Is that from some post you read? She's on the record about CU and SCOTUS picks

Text quote:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/268174-clinton-i-have-a-bunch-of-litmus-tests-for-supreme-court

And audio here:
https://grabien.com/file.php?id=78203

[BlueMTexpat]

26. +1! eom

[ejbr]

18. Trump only need ask four words

ad infinitum: where are the transcripts?

[ToolsBoy]

21. Had the same voters/subjects been exposed to the "attack" ads that any Democrat would run?

I would need to know far more about the methodology of this experiment before being even slightly concerned.

The country has not yet been exposed to all of the ghosts in the closet of Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, or Donald Trump. Only those in the primary states have been exposed to only the *relatively* small differences between each of the GOP candidates. I can imagine that the same subjects, after viewing attack ads on Bernie Sanders and then seeing the attack ads against the GOP candidates that highlight their extreme anti-abortion, anti-gay, pro-Wall Street, anti-Climate Change views, etc. would calibrate right back to sanity.

[cali]

27. Josh us a huge hill partisan. He really doesn't like bernie

And he always paints things as catastrophic for him.

[cali]

28. Note Josh doesn't share shit about this poll. Not even

the name. Nothing.

[TBF]

29. Another lousy hit job -

he should apply with the NYTimes.

Hillary couldn't even get through a primary in '08 and she's our salvation?

[Vincardog]

30. Ominus threats of crap the rw will pull

DO NOT SCARE ME

[dchill]

31. Is there a "Concern Troll" group...

here on DU?

[DavidDvorkin]

34. See Post #22.

[cannabis_flower]

32. Where's the beef?

There is no link to these "polls" and they sound like push polls anyway. "If you heard that Bernie Sanders kills puppies, would you be more or less likely to vote for him? Bwahhaaa!!!!

[Alfresco]

33. This is why he will not be the nominee. Not this year, not ever.

[Skwmom]

36. Talking points against Sanders without any push back. Well I've done my own informal poll talking

to people about Clinton - just give FACTS with no commentary and the results are really bad.

Plus, you can word a poll to get any outcome you want.