Chicken Lady Lays an Egg "Like a Friggin' Rock"

[Clio the Leo]

Like a Friggin' Rock
Josh Marshall | May 20, 2010, 8:49PM

Back when Nevada Senate candidate Sue Lowden (R) first got into the chickens and health care barter business, a lot of folks said it wouldn't damage her politically. I even heard from some people who said the focus on the story itself was a product of elitism and that ordinary people would identify with Lowden (no doubt, the view of people deeply in touch with the lives of middle class and working families who'd mainly prefer to forego health insurance and pay in livestock, which they have in abundance).

But now the verdict is in. And if this is the verdict, Sue Lowden should probably consider an appeal.

The Chicken/Barter story hit on April 12th. The two polls prior to that date -- from mid-February and early April -- had Lowden at 47% and 45% of the vote, respectively, in the coming GOP primary.

So that's the pre-barter baseline -- mid-40s.

Remember though that at first Lowden was just recommending barter. Livestock hadn't come into the picture yet. (It was only people like me snarking about it.) It wasn't until April 20th that Lowden actually played the chicken card.

So what happened after that? (See all the data here.)

Two more polls came out in late April -- those had Lowden down to 41% and 38%. Then a poll came out on May 11th that had her at 30%. And the most recent poll, completed four days ago, has her down to 26%. In other words, about a 20 point drop in a month.

For the first time in months she's no longer in the lead.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/05/like_a_friggin_rock.php

[Jennicut]

1. The teabagger Angle has the lead now...very interesting.

Is that good for Harry Reid? I think so.

[Clio the Leo]

4. lol, what does Angle feel about the Civil Rights Act? NT

[Jennicut]

5. What parts does she want to get rid of? Send her on Rachel Maddow!

Rachel takes all the loons down.

[Clio the Leo]

7. And what does she think about Brown v Topeka?

Or Plessy V Ferguson? :)

(or perhaps, in all seriousness, does she KNOW what Plessy v. Ferguson was?)

[Jennicut]

9. The important question is, how much does she think she can get for

bartering chickens? She probably has no idea about SC cases.

[BlueMTexpat]

11. If anything, she might believe that Plessy v. Ferguson is

some kind of farm equipment.

*****
The truly sad thing is that she - and the 20% or so who still consider her a viable candidate - walk among us.

[opihimoimoi]

2. THE NEKKID CHICKEN HAS PLUCKED HERSELF....LOL

20 point drop mean she gonna lose her ass....

[napi21]

3. I've only heard her speak twice, and even without the chickens,

she's an idiot. I question how in the world she got the position she had at the casino. O haven't even heard the name of her GOP opposition, so I have no idea how all this affects Harry.

[shimmergal]

10. How she got it was,

by being one of the owners.

[Cha]

6. So people in Nevada aren't as gullible

as sue would like them to be.

[ashling]

8. Going Down?

Bartering herself into the obscurity she so richly (in chickens) deserves

[racaulk]

12. At first, I thought this thread was going to be about...

:rofl:

[lunatica]

13. If I don't have any chickens does that make me too poor for medical help?