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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 (90976)	9/14/2010 9:07:52 AM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 224724

ROFLMAO The prestigeous Elway poll of 500 People probably all in heavy Dem districts. Murray leads in new Elway poll Posted by Jim Brunner A new Elway Poll on the Senate race has incumbent Democrat Patty Murray up 50-41% over Republican challenger Dino Rossi. The poll of 500 likely voters showed Murray's support strongest is among Baby Boomers, women and retirees. Rossi has a big edge in Eastern Washington, Pierce and Kitsap counties, and with voters earning more than $75,000. He also leads among independents. The Elway poll, released Monday, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percent. Those results are quite a bit different from a KING 5 poll by Survey USA last month, which had Rossi ahead 52-45. That poll, as Seattle PI.com's Chris Grygiel noted, weirdly had Rossi tied with Murray in the greater Seattle area, even though she won 59% of the King County vote in the primary. The Elway poll puts Murray's King County lead at 61-30%.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (90976)	9/14/2010 9:10:32 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224724

Poll suggests Murray ahead of Rossi Posted on: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:32:39 EDT Symbols: RESRQ Email to friend Print Add This RSS Feed Font size: A A A OLYMPIA, Sep 14, 2010 (The Spokesman-Review - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Democrat incumbent Patty Murray leads Republican challenger Dino Rossi in a "highly partisan" race, a new poll by Elway Research Inc., suggests. If they were voting today, half of the 500 likely voters contacted by the company between last Thursday and Sunday said they'd vote for Murray, who is seeking her fourth term; 41 percent said they'd vote for Rossi, a former state senator and two-time gubernatorial candidate. The poll contacted likely voters in patterns that represent the state's population and political makeup. It has a 4.5 percent margin of error. Murray and Rossi each get the vast majority of voters in their parties. Rossi had the edge among independent voters and stronger leads in Eastern Washington, in Pierce and Kitsap counties and among voters making more than $75,000 a year. Murray was doing best in King County and among women, baby boomers, retirees, and those making less than $50,000 a year. Seven percent of the voters -- enough to decide the election -- said they haven't picked a candidate, pollster H. Stuart Elway said. If they split evenly, Murray would win handily, but a more conservative approach suggests that about three-fourths of those undecided voters would be likely to vote for Rossi because if they were going to vote for the incumbent they'd already know it. That would make it a much closer race, but still in Murray's favor. Any path to victory for Rossi means he'll have to go after voters who currently support Murray, Elway said. "And you thought this campaign has been hard-hitting so far," he said. Jennifer Morris, a spokeswoman for Rossi, said she considered the results "a little iffy" considering other polls had a closer race. "Even the Democrats put out a poll last week that had it closer," she said. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released with Murray at 50 percent and Rossi at 45 percent. Some previous polls have had Rossi ahead. Murray's campaign refused to comment except to say she was focused on voters, not polls. Elway said variations may be coming from how the surveys are conducted; some use machines with recorded scripts that ask respondents to press a number on the phone to answer questions. He used live interviewers and only interviewed likely voters.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (90976)	9/14/2010 11:56:43 AM
From: Sedohr Nod	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224724

No Kenny, I missed that particular poll.......but I found something a lot more interesting looking at the U.S. budget numbers out of the CIA factbook: cia.gov revenues: $2.104 trillion expenditures: $3.52 trillion (2009 est.) Looking at the raw numbers in plain english seems to hone in on the problem a lot more clearly. Did you really to mean to brag about the deficit numbers being down 8% versus a year ago? For all intents and purposes we are still annually spending nearly twice what we are taking in.....pure madness. If this was a GOP President & congress you would be screaming Armageddon with a dose of the clap thrown in for good measure. Government is a disgrace.....and it's becoming more common knowledge day by day....even the Cubans are getting that figured out....hurry up and get in this century.