Monday, September 29, 2008
Politics / Woods Taking Tuke's Pulse
Posted by Jeff Woods on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:42 PM
If you believe Bob Tuke's latest poll, he's catching up to Lamar Alexander. (And the Easter Bunny lives!)
In an earlier Tuke poll, respondents were told that Alexander’s in Big Oil’s back pocket, that he voted for “unfair trade deals” that cost 43,000 jobs in Tennessee, that he voted against Medicare and updating G.I. Bill benefits for veterans and—after all that—Tuke still trailed by 10 points.
In the second poll, which Tuke released last week, he claims to have cut Alexander’s lead to 12 points even before he tells respondents bad things about the senator. A 12-point deficit a month before the election—that’s what passes for good news for Tuke.
Even that doesn’t accurately portray just how badly he's going to lose. In two independent polls released at the same time, he's twice as far behind. In one, more than half the respondents never heard of Tuke.
Alexander is so worried that, when you ask his flacks to comment on Tuke's polling, they don't even take the opportunity to criticize the Democrat or call him a liar or anything. Instead, here's Alexander campaign spokeswoman Jill Bader:
“The people of Tennessee know and trust Lamar Alexander, and he is thankful for the overwhelming support he continues to receive from Democrats and Independents, as well as Republicans, from across our state.”
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