Comments on: In Focus: Endorsements Don’t Matter

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:40:13 +0000

Indeed. In fact, when bozos like Oprah et al endorse you, sentient folks think it is a BAD thing. Good job, Weiss.

Organizations, however, do matter. James Dobson, who I, unlike most Jews in America, really respect and admire, is someone whose endorsement matters.

By: progressoverpeace

progressoverpeace — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:38:48 +0000

I have to respectfully disagree. Some marquee endorsements matter greatly – except that the endorsement generally speaks more about the endorser than anything else. For instance, every time someone endorses McCain I put that person on my idiot list. I pay very close attention to people endorsing McCain, since that is a clear sign of their lack of competency and/or intellectual dishonesty.

I don’t know about other people, but I will not forget the folks who are endorsing McCain.

By: callyhoppin

callyhoppin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:19:56 +0000

Were you actually paid for writing this article? Endorsements don’t matter?

Perhaps you joined in on the race yesterday. If not, you might have realized that Clinton was winning in polls by as much as 20% in states that she actually lost, rather than failing to notice that the endorsements and Obama momentum actually lifted him to win many more states than Hillary.

In fact, that momentum, along with Gore and Edward’s endorsements, are what will finally bury her sham of a political career.

By: Edmund Jenks (MAXINE)

Edmund Jenks (MAXINE) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:08:53 +0000

This just in – Republican “Pro-Choice” group endorses John McCain!

The Republicans for Choice Political Action Committee has endorsed John McCain (R-Ariz.), saying he is the best candidate now that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is out of the presidential race.

Boy, this sounds like an oxymoron – We know that the Republicans want to have a “Big Tent” but isn’t this a tent pole too far?

By: John Samford

John Samford — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:07:39 +0000

Endorsements are a form of what is known as the ‘authority close’. It has always been considered a ‘weak’ close, not being able to seal the deal right then and there. It is helpful when combined with the ‘lost puppy’ close.
The ‘lost puppy’ close isn’t very good with politicians. Once they are elected, all the buyers remorse in the world won’t help the voter. Politics has a built in ‘no returns’ policy.
Endorsements are something the media uses to fill airspace. No hard evidence that they matter at all.
When was the last time a voter told an exit pollster; “I voted for Senator Blowhard because Senator Handinmypocket told me to.”
Politics is an art, not a science. It doesn’t matter how many credit hours of PolySci you take. When you press a ‘political scientist’ for evidence to support their theories, they either change the subject or trot out a bogus study.
Only two proven facts in politics;
1.) if their lips are moving, they are lying.
2.) your new representative will steal more then your old representative.