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Oh My: The Brutal Post-Debate Focus Group

traitorbill Wrote: Oct 04, 2012 7:59 PM
They create their worldview in their minds, and expect reality to conform to it. It's why liberalism is the triumph of the wish over reality.
capitalust Wrote: Oct 04, 2012 8:31 PM
They can really savage those straw men they create (like "trickle down economics", which Thomas Sowell has now proved does not exist in the real world). Against real opponents, not so good.

The only focus group you really needed to get the gist of how this debate turned out was the circus on MSNBC after it ended.  The anchors ranged from morose to unhinged.  But what about the rest of America?  I flagged a few nuggets from the network's insta-polls last night, but let's circle back, shall we?  First up is CNN, which polled 430 American adults (not likely, or even registered, voters) with a D+4 sample.  So the deck was somewhat stacked to begin with.  And yet:
 

- 67 percent said Romney won the debate, 25 percent...

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