As Twitchy reported last night, the latest CBS/NYT poll has Romney pulling ahead. Heavens to Betsy, how will the lapdog media spin this? The polling is from their Holy Grail “Paper of Record” and all. How can this be?
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/225769557204287488
Distract. Distract like the wind!
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/225733601860415488
And so they did. NBC’s Mike O’Brien tries to pretend that Team Romney is just sort of making the polling up. No, really.
Team Romney circulating NYT/CBS poll results to media … with slightly — ahem — modified versions of the actual questions in the survey.
— Mike O'Brien (@mpoindc) July 19, 2012
Pathetic, sheep-like cover for the free falling Obama campaign.
He’s not alone; someone should really check on the folks at Reuters.
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/225791280276455424
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/225766770793906176
Yeah, they did.
Boxed in on taxes, Romney says Obama dislikes success http://t.co/mMewlTJz
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) July 19, 2012
No tweets about the poll numbers, though, of course! What about other sycophantic sheep, including the grieving “Morning Joe” team, at MSNBC?
On the one hand, MSNBC tells me that Romney's campaign is in freefall. Then I see the latest NYT poll. Who is smoking the choom now? #tcot
— Jack (@Mr_Fastbucks) July 19, 2012
https://twitter.com/TheHoosierSlant/status/225913348452126720
Well, MSNBC’s First Read spins it into good news for Obama by focusing on gains in Latino support.
I didn't watch @Morning_Joe today bc of The British Open #Priorities With the new CBS/NYT poll I assume it was like someone died #tcot #p2
— Rick (@StrokesofCandor) July 19, 2012
Along with a @politico reporter —Drink RT @NolteNC: Wow. Morning Joe crew going over CBS/NYT poll — like a funeral over there. *teehee*
— Tejas Conservative (@TXGaryM) July 19, 2012
Yep, Politico jumps on the madly spinning lapdog train. Politico frames it as a “respite from Romney’s bad week.” Politico then goes on to dismiss the poll as “meh. whatever.”
Um. The sky in lapdog world must be a different color than it is in non-sycophant world. Romney had a great week and it seems to be continuing. President Obama is the one who is full of fail. From his bizarre and hypocritical focusing on Bain and tax returns (aided by his fellow travelers) to grossly trying to paint Mitt Romney as a felon to his sneering contempt aimed at business owners.
Even The New York Times tries to spin their own poll.
https://twitter.com/jeffemanuel/status/225892276033961984
The press seem to have forgotten about that whole “it’s the economy, stupid” deal. Here is the real truth about the polling.
In NYT poll: Number of people who say president 'can do a lot about' the economy has gone from 41% in Sept '11 to 51% now.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) July 19, 2012
People are now putting the blame where it belongs. The buck stops here, Mr. President!
My full breakdown of the new #NYTCBSpoll. Romney leads by 1, but the internals are *brutal* for Obama: http://t.co/HaKbh3xf
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 19, 2012
Thing about the NYT poll showing R up 1, they oversampled Ds by 7 points. 25%R, 32%D which would be a 2008 turnout model.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) July 19, 2012
If NYT poll showing drop in O's favorability & job approval is accurate, the Bain/tax attacks may b hurting O more than R.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) July 19, 2012
Just saw internals of CBS/NYT poll. Devastating for Obama. DEVASTATING.
— Burn, Democrat-Run Cities, Burn! (@NolteNC) July 19, 2012
It’s funny how much better people can read and comprehend when their hands aren’t too full from carrying water, isn’t it?
Look for more spinning soon: An NPR poll also does not bode well for President Obama’s re-election hopes.
NPR poll: Romney, Obama tied at 46 in battleground states….with a D+7 sample. (ie, Romney's winning)
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 19, 2012
Even the usual trick of oversampling Democrats isn’t working. President Obama? Not “doing fine.”
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