The Democrats: Pennsylvania Polling And National Polling
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Quoted from comments by Brian on the above article.
The dynamic in this case isn’t really anything to do with Obama, it’s the pundit-driven “outrage” over the outrage the pundits are sure people feel. This exact same situation happened to Clinton before NH (the “tears”). Pundits were so sure that it was going to kill Clinton, and people either didn’t care or kind of liked the show of humanity.
The DC media just has no idea what people really think. They are completely cut-off, living off of decade-old readings of the political mood, not realizing the difference in the electorate in an Internet, post-Bush, post-reality show world where voters lean Democratic, get their news from a variety of sources, and are far more comfortable with the messiness of unscripted moments.
It’s not about Obama, it’s about a script the media is following that is outdated and doesn’t resonate in people’s lives.
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