“But we’ve always done it this way”
Roll Call has a story today about the upstart polling firms moving in on the old liners. Unfortunately, I don't have a subsription to Roll Call, but I'd love to see the article (maybe that's a hint, maybe it's not), because a lot of old-time media are ignoring the upstart firms too.
The daily issue also apparently has a piece with the GOP feeling good in the 6th District. In the absence of any other polling -- will someone in the media PLEASE pay attention to this race! -- other than the one that shows Michele Bachmann up by 9, I have to think at this point they're right.
Especially since Patty Wetterling did an uncharacteristically Wetterling thing and launched an attack ad this week. (Watch)
The ad proves that Democrats are just as good at pulling things out of context and presenting a distorted view of a candidate's position as Republicans are. The ad makes it sound as though Bachmann is proposing a new national sales tax on top of existing taxes. It even cites a Star Tribune article (do politicians read anything BUT the Star Tribune? Geez.) Bachmann has proposed the consumption tax but it's part of a bigger plan to eliminate the federal income tax and a bunch of other federal taxes.
If there's a debate to be had about taxes between these two candidates, both can do a better job about being honest concerning the others' position.
Given all the possible things you could scare voters about where Michele Bachmann is concerned, being a tax raiser seems way too much like a Hail Mary. Or maybe you've never seen VoteTracker. She's not exactly Mrs. tax-and-spend.
And I sure wish Mason Dixon would break out this poll by congressional district. I presume the 6th would be the exception to the numbers but if not, it practically charts Wetterling's strategy the rest of the way.
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