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ohiodemocratic Donating Member (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 02:28 PM
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Why does Gallup refuse to conduct an Obama vs. Palin poll?
This new poll is interesting. Gallup pits Obama vs. a "generic Republican" and finds that Obama is up by just 2%. but we all know that "generic" is always the best candidate. After all, "generic" does not have the bad history of flip-flopper that Mitt Romney has, or the negatives of a Sarah Palin.

Gallup named names when it asked Republicans who they were planning to vote for in the primaries. Why didn't they name names in regard to the General Election?

This raises an obligatory question: Why didn't Gallup ask respondents whether they prefer Obama or Palin? Here's a quick guess: Because Gallup knows Obama WOULD KICK PALIN'S ASS. And as you may have noted by the mainstream media's fawning treatment of the serial liar Palin, Gallup knows not disclose bad news about her.

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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:25 PM
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1. Tell me -- tell me -- he he he he he I know
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:30 PM
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2. Because he's the President and she's a nobody. Nuff said
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 03:45 PM
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3. It would not be close at all, so naturally they don't want to show it
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harkadog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 04:39 PM
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4. Probably because no one has paid them to do it.
That is how pollsters make their money. They don't do it for free.
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