A report from a reader about a political survey -- and this poll sounds legit, as opposed to the dreck the Republican Party of Minnesota has been putting out on the phones.I thought I'd pass on a tip that I received a political survey this evening, and while they wouldn't say who paid for it, I'd put money on Norm Coleman. The number was 202-870-5104. I think they said their org was the Capitol Report or something similar (should have written that down earlier). They asked for right track/wrong track for Minnesota, biggest issue, favorable or unfavorable on Pawlenty, Emmer, Anderson, Norm, Rybak and Dayton, which Republican I would prefer, which Democrat I would prefer, head-to-heads with Rybak and Dayton vs. Norm, feelings on the recount (should Norm have dropped out? Or was it his right to challenge results?), and the claim that 11,000 ballots hadn't been counted in recount: if they had been counted, who did I think would have won?
That's my basic memory of the call. I'd take that as a strong indication that this was sponsored by Norm and was being used to gauge whether or not he should get in or not. The fact that the head-to-heads involving Norm Coleman were asked might indeed be an indication that Coleman himself is polling the field to figure out if he should jump in -- that possibility is reinforced by the ask about the 2008 Senate race and feelings about how that ordeal ended.
If it is indeed Coleman polling the race, I doubt we'll see any of these numbers published anywhere. Which is too bad, I'd love to see how this one shakes out.
As I've previously mentioned, it would be a great move for Coleman to jump into this race -- for the Democratic nominee. This is a guy who has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in statewide races twice, and a third time barely beat a recently deceased opponent and his surrogate.
Those DFL candidates mentioned in that poll should be licking their chops at the possibility of facing Norm. |
