Final Zogby IA poll - Paul jumps to 9%

[paulitics]

Thomspon is jumping up too, which I figured. Thompson and Paul will both exceed expectations. I don't think McCain's support in this state is solid. He snubbed the straw poll, and has not campaigned much.

 

[hazek]

It is not that they are inaccurate (which they are), it is that they will poll RP low because of who they poll. So a rise in the polls by RP mean that in the limited scope which they poll RP has gained. So it is inaccurate but among the group polled "likely Repub voters" he is increasing. I believe RP has tremendous "not likely Repub voters". So if you take the poll numbers and add the others, it is good that RP is polling higher, although they aren't accurate.

DO YOU HAVE A BRAIN?! They USE those INACCURATE POLLS to F***ing SHAPE THE PUBLIC OPINION. As long as you say they can point the actual standings to some degree you do exactly what the pollster want you to. You give them credibility and they can easily get away with it ... and then we get angry when they show 5 top candidates and don't even mention Ron in 6th or w/e place. Can you even imagine how badly this hurt him?

IMO if there will be one major factor which will lose the election for Ron is the constant downplay by the Old media of his chances. And until we continue giving them this power by giving the polls any credibility at all it's our fault aswell.

 

[weagle]

OK... but it still is a good sign for his supporters to see growth, and yes I have a brain, and no I don't have to use all caps to get a point across. I understand what the old media is doing, the point is that the polls are out there whether we look at them or not. I think you are a little grandiose in your influence on whether you believe polls or not correlating to their existence. The polls are there and it looks good for RP in spite of the way polls are represented.

There is no need for personal attacks.

 

[Adamsa]

I think Paul and Thompson have more support than is shown.

McCain is all about NH.