Fiorina Expands Lead Over Boxer

[babylonsister]

:wtf:

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/08/12/fiorina_expands_lead_over_boxer.html

August 12, 2010

Fiorina Expands Lead Over Boxer


A new SurveyUSA poll in California finds Carly Fiorina (R) has increased her lead over Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) to five points, 47% to 42%.

The poll one month ago shows Fiorina with a two point lead, 47% to 45%.

[jaysunb]

1. I call "bullshit"

:evilfrown:

[Booster]

2. Me too.

[shanti]

13. add me to the list

no way in hell is she ahead of our barbara.

[tritsofme]

23. I call call bullshit on any poll where my preferred candidate is behind.

That way I know which one to trust, at any given moment!

[CurtEastPoint]

3. But again, why is it even that close. Can CA not see that this woman

is a charlatan, sham, disaster-in-waiting? I mean, I live in GA and I EXPECT my idiotic fellow statespeople to elect dildoes but California? C'mon!

[demosincebirth]

6. We elected the Terminator. Twice!

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. And wasn't there another dumb ass actor a while back before that

Some guy who ate jelly beans and played with monkeys, right?

[demosincebirth]

24. You got it! Also, George Murphy (U.S. Senator)

[FrenchieCat]

4. That's what happens when the only think one hears is criticism

about what has been accomplished by this congress.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. Ten minutes.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8936986

[Forkboy]

18. LMAO!

:rofl:

[Ignis]

25. !

:spray:

[leveymg]

8. or hasn't been accomplished . . .

Blame the base and everyone but those responsible. Now, that's the winning ticket.

[Hello_Kitty]

9. You're so predictable.

:boring:

[FrenchieCat]

16. Yes I am.

I'm loyal to getting shit done.
Not loyal to helping the opposition take over.
Fuck that.

[Hello_Kitty]

17. Yes, we know whom you're planning to blame for Dem losses in November.

[FrenchieCat]

20. I'm not planning on losing......

That's the difference between you and me.

[Gormy Cuss]

26. Yeah, piles of money dumped into ads has nothing to do with it.

:eyes:

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. Outlier?

TPM looks at this poll:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/08/whats_up_at_surveyusa.php#more

[Initech]

10. Fuck. We're gonna have CEOs in the senate and the goverrnorship. God damn it

[shanti]

15. where did you come up with that?

jerry and barbara are doing just fine.

[Initech]

21. I hope Jerry completely destroys Whitman.

[customerserviceguy]

11. Oh, god, why her?

Of all people? I'd rather see a tea bagger elected than that windbag...

She's the worst of the worst, I can only hope that the far right that despises her will vote for some Constitutional party hack rather than the woman who drove HP into the ground.

[Dr.Phool]

14. TPM is reporting some anamolies in SurveyUSA polls

What's Up at SurveyUSA?
Josh Marshall | August 12, 2010, 5:20PM

Not quite sure what to make of this yet. But SurveyUSA's polls this year are leaning pretty strongly toward the GOP candidates relative to most other pollsters.

What caught my eye was this result for the California Senate race which has Fiorina over Boxer by 5 points, even though all the other recent polls, including Rasmussen, show Boxer ahead by at least a few points and in some cases by almost 10 points. So for instance, the current TPM Poll Average for that race gives Boxer a 2.6 point edge. But take out SurveyUSA and the margin pops up to 5 points, which is a big difference when a lot pollsters are following this race.

Now my sense has been that this is not restricted to California. And when I asked our poll editor Evan McMorris-Santoro about this, he said that sure enough Dem press folks have been shooting down SurveyUSA results this cycle somewhat in the way many discount Rasmussen's numbers.

But here's the thing. SurveyUSA had a really good record in the 2008 cycle. That's not just my recollection. Nate Silver's mega-number crunch suggested the same. So are they picking something up which other pollsters aren't? Given their record in the past cycle, it's not something I'm inclined to rule out.


http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/08/whats_up_at_surveyusa.php#more?ref=fpblg


I always thought that SurveyUSA methodology was suspect. They rely mainly on robocalls.

[Gormy Cuss]

28. Marshall isn't saying that however.

He reports that SurveyUSA polls are trending differently. Sometimes that's an indication that something has gone wrong with the methodology but in rare instances it may be an indication, as Marshall suggest, that these pollsters are picking up on something that others are missing.


One thing's for certain however. Today's poll results and the November election may have little relationship to each other. There's still plenty of time for people to shift their opinions and Boxer's a fighter from way back.

[bluestateguy]

19. SUSA fucked up the California primary poll in 2008

But I really do not do polls anymore. A very sleazy industry.

[DailyGrind51]

22. By next week, that lead will be "so yesterday"! Her name ain't "Boxer" for nothin'!

[dana_b]

29. from your lips to gawd or God's ears....

[rucky]

27. I will never understand California voters.

[David Zephyr]

30. Cruela Fiorina

[derby378]

31. Ms. You Have No God-Given Right To A Job beating Boxer in the polls?

Isn't this the same Fiorina who so badly mismanaged Hewlett-Packard that she got fired by the Board?

Ladies and gentlement, I think we found a female George W. Bush.