Greenberg Poll Indicates Botched Joke Bolsters Dems

[globalvillage]

According to today's Greenberg poll, this week's attention to Senator Kerry and his misstated Bush slam has highlighted the disaster that is Bush's war and refocused voter attention to Iraq.

Why?
Iraq. Despite the increased titters about Senator Kerry, there is every reason to believe that this week has further contributed to making this election a referendum on Iraq. First, it keeps Bush on center-stage, and he is not popular in these Republican-held districts (45 percent strongly disapprove and only 24 percent strongly approve). It is hard to have a base strategy without a base. Second, the president is telling the American people to vote next Tuesday on who you trust on Iraq. And third, it has crowded out any other issue, including national security and terrorism and the economy and taxes.

http://www.democracycorps.com/reports/analyses/Democracy_Corps_November_2_2006_Memo.pdf


OK, "increased titters" doesn't add much, but the bottom line is that the focus is on Iraq, where it should be. And the poll results are promising.

Looks like this one backfired, Karl.

[BattyDem]

1. Hehehehehehehehehehehe

:evilgrin:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Oh, I'd go beyond "Hehehehehehehehe."

I'm all "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

[applegrove]

3. The jig is up! Nobody buys there ******. Voters are back to thinking

for their own dam selves.

[Island Blue]

4. Bush Co. can't do ANYTHING right can they?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[sandnsea]

5. "They're talking about a botched joke???"

I would venture a guess that's what most of the independents, who swing elections, are thinking. The phone calls I've made indicate people are sick of the sniping more than anything else, so the Bushies doing this right now may well have been a tragic mistake.

And I will say, if the Clintons knew that and that was why they insisted JK not snipe back, then I'd have to admit they were right. Maybe this wasn't the right time to go on the offense. We'll see on Tuesday I guess.