[antimedia] antimedia: If this is true....

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If this is true....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1154725431.shtml


   ....[1]Gallup: Lieberman Now More Popular With Republicans Than
   Democrats, then the Democrats will get their asses kicked in the fall.
   As always, the devil is in the details.

     The much-watched Democratic primary election in Connecticut is just
     four days away, and today Gallup has come out with a poll that
     finds incumbent Sen. Joseph Lieberman with his lowest ratings ever.
     "As a result," a Gallup report released this morning relates, "he
     is now more popular with Republicans than with supporters of his
     own party," surely not a good sign.

   So the headline is misleading. This poll refers only to Connecticut
   Republicans.

     Latest polls in Connecticut show that Lieberman now trails his
     opponent, Ned Lamont, who has charged that the senator is too close
     to the Bush administration on several issues, most notably the Iraq
     war.
     The latest Gallup poll finds that among Republicans and Republican
     "leaners," 46% view Lieberman favorably, while 27% view him
     unfavorably. Democrats are more evenly divided in their attitudes,
     with 38% viewing him favorably and 32% unfavorably. Currently, his
     support among Republicans is on the upswing. However, this is from
     a national sample and may not suggest a likely outcome next
     Tuesday.

   So he loses the Democratic primary and wins the election as an
   independent. And this is good for the Democratic party how?

     Also today, Gallup cited the results of its poll earlier in the
     summer which found that 55% of Republicans and Democrats called
     Iraq "extremely important" in considering their vote for Congress
     this year. Gallup noted, "It is clear that Lieberman is at odds
     with the vast majority of Democrats, who overwhelmingly oppose the
     war -- 82% say it was a mistake for the United States to send
     troops, according to the latest Gallup Poll. However, there are no
     precise data that verify that Democrats nationally are lukewarm on
     Lieberman specifically because of his unflinching support for the
     Iraq war."

   So, we'll extrapolate and speculate until we're blue in the face, but
   in reality it means little or nothing.
   Gotta love pollsters. That's why I don't pay much attention to polls
   -- they're consistently wrong and misleading.

References

   1. http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002950470&imw=Y