08/10/06 FOX News Poll: Mideast Crisis, Iraq and Cuba (Fox News just joined the liberal media)

Fox News ^ | August 10, 2006 | Fox

[CremeSaver]

"Greg Kelly & Shepard Smith = Creeps "

Yes they are.

[CremeSaver]

(A double what) What? What?

[Elpasser]

FOX merely reports. We decide.

[Elpasser]

All polls are useless?

Go tell that to Joe Lieberman. Those polls were right.

[StAnDeliver]

You folks who continue to denigrate polls that show the GOP is in deep kimchi are whistling past the graveyard.

You folks who don't know jack about polling are amusing in an insanely hysterical sort of way, trollnewbieloser. Stuff your vote.

Generic Congressional Polls at similar points in the 2004 election cycle:

Battleground 6/20-23: 41 (GOP) - 49 (DUm) - 11 (unsure) +8 DUm

AP/Ipsos 6/17-19: 40 (GOP) - 47 (DUm) - 10 (neither) - 3 (not sure) +7 DUm

CNN/USA/Gallup 7/30 - 8/1: 44 (GOP) - 49 (DUm) - 7 (undecided) +5 DUm

NBC/WSJ 9/17-19: 42 (GOP) - 46 (DUm) - 12 (undecided) +4 DUm

CBS/NYT 7/11-15: 37 (GOP) - 46 (DUm) - 8 (depends) - 9 (don't know) +9 DUm

Time 6/2-4: 37 (GOP) - 49 (Dum) - 4 (other) - 11 (not sure) +12 DUm

Newsweak 7/29-30: 41 (GOP) - 51 (DUm) - 8 (undecided) +10 DUm

LAT 6/5-6/8: 35 (GOP) - 54 (DUm) - 1 (Ind) - 3 (neither) - 7 (unsure) +19! DUm

Democracy Corps 8/2-5: 41 (GOP) - 51 (DUm) - 2 (other) - 6 (not sure) +10 DUm
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2004 General Election Results for the GOP: House +3 / Senate +4

[msnimje]

All polls are useless? Go tell that to Joe Lieberman. Those polls were right.

Joe Lieberman lost by 15%??

[Dave S]

This is pure garbage. There is NO WAY Bush has a 40% approval rating and yet only 30% of the country vows to vote for the GOP. That makes no sense, especially since the Dems are up at 48%. This is pure trash.

So the fact Fox reports a poll means they've sold out to the enemy. What an idiot. Do you enjoy that role or does someone pay you to play it? By the way, Fox is Fox News, not GOP News or the Voice of Conservatism or whatever. Why not have a few liberal analysts? Do you want Fox to be the same piece of biased media that CNN or CBS has been for years? I've seen Newt several times over the past month. Apparently you dont want too often. Maybe you were watching network TV looking for something to be offended by there too.

[Dave S]

Joe Lieberman lost by 15%??

No, polls done a few days prior to the election showed that Lieberman had closed that gap to 6%. By election day it was 4%. There is no significant difference between polling results of 52-48 and 53-47. What's your beef? Dont you know that polls are only good for the day they are taken? You have to look at the trend and the internals of why people are voting one way or the other.

[msnimje]

Why is it the polls that said he would lose by 6% or more valid than those that said he would lose by 15%?

Isolated polls mean nothing. Pollsters are often politically motivated and/or complete idiots. Polls are just as often wrong as they are correct and that means they should not be given too much weight.

[Sooner1938]

I presume your post was a dig at me for believing that the GOP is gonna go down in flames this November. All I can say is I believe you'll be singing a different tune the day after election. Over the past 6-8 years, the pubbies have proven themselves unworthy to govern.

[1035rep]

There is huge difference between the GOP and the America hating left. If the liberals ever manage to get control back, the terrorists will be issuing the terms of our surrender. 

It would also take us about 20 years to make up the ground lost in the SCOTUS.

Get a grip!

[Sooner1938]

"Get a grip!"

You're the one who needs to get a grip, my friend.

I have no argument with your contention that Dems would be worse than the Pubbies. All I'm saying is that I think the GOP is gonna get it's clock cleaned come November and to a far right-wing conservative like me, it'll deserve it.

Hell, for the past 6-8 years, I've been unable to tell the difference (especially on spending and the growth of big government) between Republicans and Dummicrats. A pox on BOTH their houses, say I.

[1035rep]

All I'm saying is that I think the GOP is gonna get it's clock cleaned come November and to a far right-wing conservative like me, it'll deserve it.

Wishful thinking for the left.  The liberal commies can not be trusted with our security.  I doubt will lose much of anything come November. 

[Dave S]

Why is it the polls that said he would lose by 6% or more valid than those that said he would lose by 15%?

Polls are NOT predictions. The only time a poll is a prediction is when it is done immediately before the election, say the weekend before. Otherwise, all they mean is that IF the election were held that day, which it is NOT, this would be the likely result. That is why all these polls being taken now about the election in November are meaningless except for showing the folks that there is a lot work that needs to be done and these are the issues that seem to be important and that can be used to our advantage. That is all you need to know about polling. Now shut up.

If you remember 2004, Kerry peaked too soon and was going down when election day finally arrived. Similar thing happened in the off year elections of 2006.

[gentlestrength]

once your news product is perceived as one sided - you lose all credibility.

Think of Jesus...He didn't lose credibility just because He only spoke truth. In fact, He gained followers, the people hungry for truth.

He didn't have to say, "Now, so I won't lose credibility, let's all read from the Koran and pray to Allah..."

One of God's commandments says "Thou shalt not lie." That includes news coverage.

[StAnDeliver]

Hey, if you can't refute the facts, I understand. Very few newbies can.