March 30, 2007 - 9:34 am
Eli Lake of the NY Sun sits in for Rich Miniter (in Turkey and Iraq for PJM – exclusives soon) on the third Corn & Miniter Show. He and David Corn discuss the rise of Fred Thompson, the possible appeal of Bill Richardson, the curious appeal of Ron Paul and other matters presidential raised by the PJ Media Straw Poll.
I’m guessing that Ron Paul’s curious appeal in this poll has less to do with his “paranoid theories” and more to do with his being the only candidate who voters trust to significantly reduce the size and power of government.
I’m guessing that Ron Paul’s popularity in this poll has everything to do with his acolytes voting en masse. Otherwise he would be generating higher percentages on other polls, which he isn’t.
Personally I have not met one person in colorado, who is not voting for ron paul. This whole idea of polling if actually asked if they would support ron paul by whatever poll. They might actually get a response. Saying they would but as you can see most major polls dont even ask. They just stick with the big 3 in each party.
Kris, I’m assuming you’re joking. Ron Paul is here because of the Gallup Poll – the most famous of all. Obviously they asked about him and he scored one point or something.
As for your point about not knowing one person who is not voting for Ron Paul, perhaps it’s before your time but did you know the famous quote by Pauline Kael after Nixon was elected? “I don’t know person who voted for him,” she said in amazement, or something like that. Our peer groups are self-selecting – but I’m sure you know that.
Even though I truly enjoy Richard Miniter (as well as Eli Lake), as long as you continue to feature David Corn, I won’t be downloading. Certainly there must be some other loathsome creature from the swamp that you can find.
I totally adore these broadcasts but am uncomfortable with there being no sips and no dips in the doibs . . . Can this be fixed?
This is probably the worst video player i’ve had to deal with, but whatever.
Kris, I’m assuming you’re joking. Ron Paul is here because of the Gallup Poll – the most famous of all. Obviously they asked about him and he scored one point or something.
MarkS :
“Kris, I’m assuming you’re joking. Ron Paul is here because of the Gallup Poll – the most famous of all. Obviously they asked about him and he scored one point or something.”
Also make note that the gallop poll asks a mere 1,000 people, which is completely random. How could Ron Paul possibly get recognition nationally without the media’s help? The media chooses which candidates they want to be elected, and then the people have to choose from them. That’s whats so interesting about Ron Paul climbing in the polls regardless.