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CNN’s Problematic Poll

| @jpodhoretz 10.02.2008 - 11:19 PM

CNN’s post-debate poll, taken solely of debate watchers, has Biden winning 51-36. It’s worth noting that in that sample, whatever it might be, 54 percent believed before the debate that Palin was not an acceptable choice for vice president. That needle moved 5 points in her direction among those polled, 81 percent of whom said she did better than they expected.

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9 Responses to “CNN’s Problematic Poll”

  1. james23 says:
    February 18, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    I see no evidence that Obomber has decided to make Bush’s anti-terror policies his own. There is evidence that he has pushed the terror stuff to the back burner while the economy gets priority attention, and so the status quo holds for a bit longer. One result *may* be that Obama’s terror policies, when they are ultimately crafted, may have the benefit of time for reflection and deliberation, something his economic knee-jerk has lacked.

  2. Chris Bolts Sr. says:
    February 18, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    I’ll say before and I’ll say it again: “The vindication of Bush begins with the ascendancy of Obama.” Of course, these idiots are trying to have their cake and eat it too: we see the cow Clinton traipsing all over of the globe trying to mend ties with the Islamic community to appease the Left, but in private they are using the techniques that were employed by the Bush Administration. So much for transparency.

  3. JB says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    The Times said it today. But Congressional Quarterly’s Tim Starks beat them to the punch over the weekend.
    http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003052680

  4. From Inwood says:
    February 18, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Phil Jackson also beat the NYT to the punch, several weeks ago in fact, over on The Intellectual Conservative

    http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/01/26/hope-and-change-comes-to-washington/

  5. Ottovbvs says:
    February 19, 2009 at 9:50 am

    Greenwald’s grabbing for straws gets more pathetic by the day. The Times story comes no where near accepting that the Obama administration is continuing the Bush admin’s policies on torture. Clearly, the DOJ and the white house counsel’s office are getting their act together, the AG only got confirmed 10 days ago because of stalling tactics, and the admin do have other things on their mind at the moment like the economic meltdown. The way this period of fact finding and analysis is spun as “vindication” for the torture policies of the Bush admin is fairly ridiculous. They’ve already announced a slew of measures aimed at halting the more egregious stuff and rest assured there will be more. For those of course who can’t produce a thought without larding it with personal insults like this:

    “Of course, these idiots are trying to have their cake and eat it too: we see the cow Clinton traipsing all over of the globe trying to mend ties with the Islamic community to appease the Left”

    They long ago lost any contact with objectivity.

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