Politics is largely about expectations and rarely about real perception.
One of my favorite things to watch are candidates who aren’t polling well or aren’t raising money (or both) discredit both factors. At the moment Senator Chris Dodd is on Chris Matthews program talking about how polls don’t matter. He doesn’t believe in them and said something to the effect of “people in Iowa don’t want a national newspaper telling them how to vote.”
He supported his reasoning by saying his own private phone banking has found that 70,000 people they’ve talked to across the country say they haven’t made up their minds yet on the candidates. So Dodd showed his disbelief in polling by citing polling numbers. Does something about that not sound right to you?
June 27 (Bloomberg) — The fate of U.S. immigration legislation was cast into doubt when at least six senators who helped revive the proposed overhaul said they either oppose or are leaning against a move to permit a vote on final passage.
The measure is in more jeopardy “than I thought a few hours ago,” said Senator Christopher Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat.
My personal opinion? Not so good. I like Bob’s spirit and he seems sincere, the idea is sweet and nice but to be honest it doesn’t project and it doesn’t really make Dodd stand out. I see this and think: “He authored some legislation, that’s nice, how will he tackle Global Thermonuclear War?”
Gov. Bill Richardson & Senator Chris Dodd have agreed to the first Spanish language Presidential debate.
The debate will be hosted by and broadcast on Univision Communications Inc. the nations largest Spanish broadcaster.
This does always bring me back to a frequent question in my head. Why can I watch English television with Spanish subtitles but not have the ability to watch Spanish television in English? As a non-Spanish speaker I won’t be able to watch the debate
