Reply #137: That's not what's going. Much more sinister. From the web page.

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"The Clinton Group (TCG) is a campaign communications and direct contact services firm that specializes in recruitment and activation to promote a political agenda or mobilize people into action.

TCG’s strength is employing our targeted teleservices, direct mail, and interactive contact programs to persuade people to act. After identifying segments of the population who are fair-minded about our clients’ issues, we use repeated, complementary communications – in the language and values of each selected demographic group – to mobilize citizens. Central to our method is the use of information technology to create a dialogue with people and discover how they feel about the issues, and the use of that feedback to make the next contact more persuasive. This Repeated, Persuasive Contact continues to be the most effective way to launch and win campaigns."

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You see what's up? They are polling Democrats, finding out why people are supporting them, and then tailoring their message to appeal to Democrats. They left Kucinich and Gravel off because they figure they have so few supporters it doesn't matter. They include people like Dodd even though he has no supporters because his message is closer to the mainstream. What they are doing is finding Democrats, running their buzz words past them, finding out what words they respond to, then crafting the Republican message to use those words to appeal to Democratic supporters. They hope to swing a few percentage points, probably the independents mostly, that way--enough to win.

This has nothing to do with polling to see who's winning, and they won't release these numbers to the press. This is a research project to gain marketing advice to use against the Democrats.