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The talking heads on CNN were saying Impeachment has boosted Trump's ratings (Original Post) redstateblues Feb 2020 OP
Yeah, that's bullshit. Over half the country wants him thrown out of office without coti Feb 2020 #1
Total bullshit budkin Feb 2020 #2
Not a chance in hell true imo apcalc Feb 2020 #3
Two horses. They are basing this on the Gallup poll and ignoring his ratings last night. underpants Feb 2020 #4
What is CNN?!? InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #5
There already is more pollng Locutusofborg Feb 2020 #6
Thanks. I'll get down off the ledge redstateblues Feb 2020 #7
I go back to the old adage... tavernier Feb 2020 #8
CNN mostly sucks Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #9
Perhaps the talking heads at CNN are trying to get back in his good graces. crickets Feb 2020 #10
No, its the Xenophobic quarantine JCMach1 Feb 2020 #11

underpants

(182,828 posts)
4. Two horses. They are basing this on the Gallup poll and ignoring his ratings last night.
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 08:46 PM
Feb 2020

I heard a similar comment about his polling on NPR.

16 M viewers last night. Down 21% from last year.

Locutusofborg

(525 posts)
6. There already is more pollng
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 08:59 PM
Feb 2020

Reuters/Ipsos = 42%
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/reuters-ipsos-data-core-political-2020-02-05
The Economist = 44%
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/73jqd6u5mv/econTabReport.pdf
And the latest Gallup Poll over-sampled Republicans and Republican leaning independents. The Gallup sample had 443 Democrats and Democratic leaning independents and 527 Republicans and Republican leaning independents.

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
8. I go back to the old adage...
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 09:13 PM
Feb 2020

We get the government we deserve.

I think we have woken up to this prophesy.
I guess we’ll see.

crickets

(25,981 posts)
10. Perhaps the talking heads at CNN are trying to get back in his good graces.
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 11:38 PM
Feb 2020
https://www.pressherald.com/2020/02/04/white-house-excludes-cnn-from-trumps-briefing-with-media/

If CNN had any sense they would embrace their position and make hay with it rather than sucking up. If the rest of news media had any sense they would join CNN in standing against Trump* as well, but...
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