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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (61666)	3/22/2009 6:49:42 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

ken...Any truth to the rumor that you democrats are going to issue prayer mats with arrows on them pointing to the White house? :-)

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (61666)	3/23/2009 9:34:02 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224749

Political Class Gives Geithner Good Reviews, Most Americans Disagree Sunday, March 22, 2009 Email to a FriendAdvertisement America’s Political Class gives Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner rave reviews: 76% have a favorable opinion of him. Two-thirds (66%) of the Political Class say Geithner’s doing a good or excellent job handling the credit crisis and federal bailouts. However, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that America’s Populists see things from an entirely different perspective. Just 12% of Populists have a favorable opinion of Geithner, and only 11% say he’s doing a good or an excellent job. Most Populists (53%) rate Geithner's performance as poor, but not a single Political Class survey respondent said the Treasury secretary is doing a poor job. The findings are especially telling as calls increase for Geithner's resignation following the disclosure that American International Group (AIG) paid its executives $165 million in bonuses after receiving a $170-billion taxpayer bailout to stay in business. Geithner was aware of the bonuses and did little or nothing to stop them. Overall, among all adults, 24% have a favorable opinion of Geithner, 44% have an unfavorable opinion, and 33% are not sure. Twenty-one percent (21%) of adults say Geithner is doing a good or an excellent job while 40% say he is doing a poor job. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls.) Rasmussen Reports updates also available on Twitter. Rasmussen Reports will periodically release data highlighting the gap between Mainstream America and the Political Class on issues of the day. As defined by recent research, 55% of Americans are Populists. Another 20% lean in that direction, meaning that 75% generally hold the attitudes of Mainstream America. Only seven percent (7%) are aligned with the Political Class. Another seven percent (7%) lean towards Political Class views. Data released earlier showed a similar gap between Mainstream America and the Political Class over whether the government should provide further subsidies to keep AIG afloat or just let it go out of business. Geithner’s overall ratings are a bit higher than those for his predecessor, Henry Paulson, late last year as Wall Street's problems hit Main Street. Paulson earned good or excellent reviews from 12% of voters while 42% said he did a poor job. It’s worth noting that the gap between Mainstream America and the Political Class is far bigger than the partisan gap within those groups. Nineteen percent (19%) of Populist Democrats give Geithner good or excellent reviews. That view is shared by 10% of Populist Republicans and seven percent (7%) of Populists not affiliated with either major party. Among the Political Class, support for Geithner is strong across political lines. As if to highlight that fact, while President Obama continues to strongly defend his Treasury secretary, his former campaign rival, Republican John McCain, came to Geithner’s defense on Friday, saying he "should be given a chance to succeed," For the Political Class-Populist research, survey respondents are classified based upon responses to three survey questions. Since most Americans share the Populist view, it is reasonable to consider the Populist view as representing Mainstream America. From the Mainstream, or Populist, point of view, big government and big business are political allies rather than political opponents. Populists tend to trust the wisdom of the American people and see the federal government as a special interest group. Those in the Political Class tend to have more confidence in political leaders and less trust in the wisdom of the American people. rasmussenreports.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (61666)	3/23/2009 3:28:41 PM
From: DizzyG	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Wrong as usual, Kenneth... Poll Accuracy in the 2008 Presidential Election —Initial Report, November 5, 2008— Costas Panagopoulos, Ph.D. Department of Political Science Fordham University For inquiries: cpanagopoulo@fordham.edu or (917) 405-9069 For all the derision directed toward pre-election polling, the final poll estimates were not far off from the actual nationwide voteshares for the two candidates. On average, preelection polls from 23 public polling organizations projected a Democratic advantage of 7.52 percentage points on Election Day, which is only about 1.37 percentage points away from the current estimate of a 6.15-point Obama margin in the national popular vote. Following the procedures proposed by Martin, Traugott and Kennedy (see Public Opinion Quarterly, Fall 2006, pp. 342-369) to assess poll accuracy, I analyze poll estimates from these 23 polling organizations. Four of these polls appear to have overestimated McCain support (indicated with a * below), while most polls (17) overestimated Obama strength. Pre-election projections for two organizations’ final polls—Rasmussen and Pew—were perfectly in agreement with the actual election result (). The following list ranks the 23 organizations by the accuracy of their final, national preelection polls (as reported on pollster.com). 1. Rasmussen (11/1-3) 1. Pew (10/29-11/1)** 2. YouGov/Polimetrix (10/18-11/1) 3. Harris Interactive (10/20-27) 4. GWU (Lake/Tarrance) (11/2-3)* 5. Diageo/Hotline (10/31-11/2)* 5. ARG (10/25-27)* 6. CNN (10/30-11/1) 6. Ipsos/McClatchy (10/30-11/1) 7. DailyKos.com (D)/Research 2000 (11/1-3) 8. AP/Yahoo/KN (10/17-27) 9. Democracy Corps (D) (10/30-11/2) 10. FOX (11/1-2) 11. Economist/YouGov (10/25-27) 12. IBD/TIPP (11/1-3) 13. NBC/WSJ (11/1-2) 14. ABC/Post (10/30-11/2) 15. Marist College (11/3) 16. CBS (10/31-11/2) 17. Gallup (10/31-11/2) 18. Reuters/ C-SPAN/ Zogby (10/31-11/3) 19. CBS/Times (10/25-29) 20. Newsweek (10/22-23) fordham.edu Note that Rasmussen had the best results. But your precious Gallup came in 17th. Nice try, but no banana for you. LOL! Diz-