Polls show Petro's early, holy TV ads paying off

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1134466638254751.xml?nohio&coll=2

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Columbus -A new poll shows that Jim Petro's unusually early - and unusually large - TV campaign has paid off.

Although earlier polls showed him trailing his two rivals for next year's Republican nomination for governor, the latest survey - paid for by the Petro campaign - shows the attorney general running a close second to Secretary of State Ken Blackwell...

The poll also offered some insights into the GOP primary voters: 53 percent of those surveyed said they go to church once a week or more and 51 percent consider themselves to be "strongly pro-life."

Montgomery supports abortion rights; Petro and Blackwell do not...

Both Blackwell and Montgomery have been highlighting Petro's past support for abortion rights and gun control - even though he now opposes abortion and received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association when he ran for attorney general.

[Tesla]

1. Betty runs with the big dogs though....

Just depends on what they are doing at the time of the election!!!!

[Schmajo]

2. "Temporary spike"

http://www.dispatch.com/news/news.php

Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Joe Hallett
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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"Blackwell acknowledged yesterday that what Petro’s ads have done "is buy the party a primary," adding that the poll has no bearing on his plans to seek the GOP gubernatorial nomination May 2.
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"Mark R. Weaver, Montgomery’s campaign spokesman, said Petro’s poll shows "false momentum," and represents a "temporary spike that will flatten out in days."

In the absence of competing TV ads from Montgomery and Blackwell, Petro has "reached his high-water mark and now has nowhere to go but down," Weaver said.
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"Recent events have shown that this is a two-way race between Jim Petro the liberal and Jim Petro the conservative," Weaver said."

[pro_blue_guy]

3. Uh Oh!

Both Blackwell and Montgomery have been highlighting Petro's past support for abortion rights and gun control - even though he now opposes abortion and received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association when he ran for attorney general.




Sounds like "flip-flopping" to me

[OzarkDem]

4. Another unknown pollster - ignore it

with bought and paid for results. Ignore it, the PD is usually the master of this sleight of hand. Its an old trick.

[Kolesar]

5. The article does not say who paid for the poll

"Conducted Dec. 6-7 by Public Opinion Strategies" thanks for the warning. Is this what they call "manufacturing consent"

[Berry Cool]

6. Oh my Lord. I just saw my first Petro ad and it turned me off him for life

All that stuff going on and on about his religious values, his pro-life stance, his belief that marriage is a holy sacred bond between a man and a woman...I practically had to run to the bathroom to puke.

So, he thinks this is what is going to sell Ohio on him?

I am afraid. I am very afraid. :scared: