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Spin It Lanny!

Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 09:18 pm

Lanny Davis posted a blog on The Hill today entitled:

Recent Polling Data Show Serious Concerns About Sen. Obama’s ‘Electability’ Over Sen. McCain vs. Sen. Clinton’s (Lanny Davis)

Very interesting. I saw that and thought there was a bunch of polls I missed. Quickly I went to Real Clear Politics and looked at the recent head to head polls:

John
McCain (R) vs. Barack Obama (D)
Poll Date Sample McCain (R) Obama (D) Spread
RCP Average 02/18 to 02/25 - 43.40% 47.50% Obama +4.1%
LA Times/Bloomberg 02/21 - 02/25 RV 44% 42% McCain +2%
AP-Ipsos 02/22 - 02/24 755 RV 41% 51% Obama +10%
USA Today/Gallup 02/21 - 02/24 1653 LV 48% 47% McCain +1%
CBS News/NY Times 02/20 - 02/24 1115 RV 38% 50% Obama +12%
Pew Research 02/20 - 02/24 1240 RV 43% 50% Obama +7%
Research 2000 02/18 - 02/21 802 LV 44% 50% Obama +6%
FOX News 02/19 - 02/20 900 RV 43% 47% Obama +4%
Rasmussen (Thu) 4 Day Tracking 1700 LV 46% 43% McCain +3%
John
McCain (R) vs. Hillary Clinton (D)
Poll Date Sample McCain (R) Clinton (D) Spread
RCP Average 02/18 to 02/25 - 46.30% 45.50% McCain +0.8% 
LA Times/Bloomberg 02/21 - 02/25 RV 46% 40% McCain +6%
AP-Ipsos 02/22 - 02/24 755 RV 43% 48% Clinton +5%
USA Today/Gallup 02/21 - 02/24 1653 LV 50% 46% McCain +4%
CBS News/NY Times 02/20 - 02/24 1115 RV 46% 46% Tie
Pew Research 02/20 - 02/24 1240 RV 45% 50% Clinton +5%
Research 2000 02/18 - 02/21 802 LV 46% 46% Tie
FOX News 02/19 - 02/20 900 RV 47% 44% McCain +3%
Rasmussen (Thu) 4 Day Tracking 1700 LV 47% 44% McCain +3%

Now I wonder what polls Lanny is reading?

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Lanny Davis' Money Quote

Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 11:37 am

While supporting the thought of super delegates swaying the vote to Hillary:

Don't change the rules in the middle of the game - or, more accurately, don't game the rules to change the outcome.

Interesting idea. So why is it that Hillary is doing this exact thing when it comes to Michigan and Florida?

Also Lanny exhibits the precise "inside the beltway" type thinking that people are tired of. He acts like Super Delegates have been some wonderful system that has never met any criticism. Nothing could be further from the truth. People have said for years that it wasn't a fair system and should be revamped or revoked. Why? Because of the problems we are facing now - the same problems people like Lanny Davis thought would never exist.

The other fact is that a lot of Democrats never really knew about Super Delegates. They never received that much press in the past, and your typical Democratic voter thought that the person with the most votes one.

What it boils down to is a repeat of 2000. The super delegates are the DNC's own little electoral college. That cost us the White House in 2000, and people like Lanny complained back then. Now this same style system is great? I would expect that kind of flip flopping from Mitt Romney, or any Republican, but coming from a Democrat? That's insulting.

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