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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThree things that campaigns say when they know they are losing.
-- The polls are biased or wrong.
-- We are going change the electorate on election day so the polls are not capturing that.
-- The only poll that matters is the on on election day.
Those were all the arguments Ed Gilespie was making just prior to the ABC panel discussion this morning. Matthew Dowd made the comment about the three things. I think he is right on.
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Three things that campaigns say when they know they are losing. (Original Post)
DCBob
Nov 2012
OP
I hope that's right. I'd like to see a bigger lead in the polls, however,
Arkansas Granny
Nov 2012
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man4allcats
(4,026 posts)1. They forgot one:
"Get Karl Rove on the phone."
Arkansas Granny
(31,530 posts)2. I hope that's right. I'd like to see a bigger lead in the polls, however,
so there's no question about who won the election.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)3. "polls don't reflect enthusiasm we see on the ground" nt
ewagner
(18,964 posts)4. They might also say...
".....fire up the (ES&S or Diebold) computers"
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)5. This one troubles me ...
We are going change the electorate on election day...
Justice
(7,188 posts)6. Matthew Dowd has been remarkably honest on This Week
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)7. "If we lose, it's all Sandy's fault!"
longship
(40,416 posts)8. Another one: "They're gonna steal it."
The Freepers are already blowing that horn.