Gingrich Leads GOP Field in Positive Intensity

kokonut · 11-23-2011, 02:20 AM

Latest Gallup poll on GOP candidates.

Gingrich Now Leads GOP Field in Positive Intensity

Newt and Cain appear to have the upper hand here for the moment.

**saywhatkid** · 11-23-2011, 03:01 PM

Positive intensity? Sounds like something I might hear at Batteries Plus.

**TWA** · 11-23-2011, 03:03 PM

I wish Huntsman would get more exposure. He is a lot more sane and reasonable than the rest of the field. Clearly he's in the wrong party.

DeafCaroline · 11-23-2011, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

Latest Gallup poll on GOP candidates.

Gingrich Now Leads GOP Field in Positive Intensity

Newt and Cain appear to have the upper hand here for the moment.

Not really surprising considering they get the most tv coverage. The second column "Recognition" - who doesn't recognize Newt or Cain these days? Of course they got top scores. People know more about them (well, ok, heard more about them in the media) than they do about the other politicians.

I wonder if stats in 1st column would have been different had all names gotten equal coverage in the media.

jillio · 11-23-2011, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DeafCaroline

Not really surprising considering they get the most tv coverage. The second column "Recognition" - who doesn't recognize Newt or Cain these days? Of course they got top scores. People know more about them (well, ok, heard more about them in the media) than they do about the other politicians.

I wonder if stats in 1st column would have been different had all names gotten equal coverage in the media.

Of course they would have.

But I find it very disturbing, given what is know about Newt, that anyone would consider him viable.

**deafskeptic** · 11-25-2011, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWriteAlex

I wish Huntsman would get more exposure. He is a lot more sane and reasonable than the rest of the field. Clearly he's in the wrong party.

I see that I'm not the only one who's thinking that!

kokonut · 11-25-2011, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DeafCaroline

Not really surprising considering they get the most tv coverage. The second column "Recognition" - who doesn't recognize Newt or Cain these days? Of course they got top scores. People know more about them (well, ok, heard more about them in the media) than they do about the other politicians.

I wonder if stats in 1st column would have been different had all names gotten equal coverage in the media.

How do you determine "equal coverage"? Isn't the media the one who come up with a variety of "discoveries" against candidates give them more exposure than others?

**Beowulf** · 11-25-2011, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

How do you determine "equal coverage"? Isn't the media the one who come up with a variety of "discoveries" against candidates give them more exposure than others?

I guess they realized they bit off more than they could chew regarding a birth certificate.

DeafCaroline · 11-25-2011, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

How do you determine "equal coverage"? Isn't the media the one who come up with a variety of "discoveries" against candidates give them more exposure than others?

Equal coverage means equal coverage...how do I determine equal coverage? Like i said in my original post - equal coverage by the media. why is this hard for you to understand?

kokonut · 11-25-2011, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DeafCaroline

Equal coverage means equal coverage...how do I determine equal coverage? Like i said in my original post - equal coverage by the media. why is this hard for you to understand?

I understand your question which is why I asked how do you reconcile that when you have the media "go after" the candidates increasing their exposures at a much higher percentage increasing his/her name recognition, for example...Cain. You'd hear Cain all the time but not so much Huntsman.

jillio · 11-25-2011, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DeafCaroline

Equal coverage means equal coverage...how do I determine equal coverage? Like i said in my original post - equal coverage by the media. why is this hard for you to understand?

"Equal" pretty much quantifies itself, doesn't it?

**Beowulf** · 11-25-2011, 05:15 PM

It's naive to think that candidates ought to get equal treatment. They don't. Ho hum.

**Banjo** · 11-25-2011, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Beowulf

It's naive to think that candidates ought to get equal treatment. They don't. Ho hum.

For instance, Ron Paul.

**Beowulf** · 11-25-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Banjo

For instance, Ron Paul.

Yep. Did you notice, no mention of him at all on SNL?

kokonut · 11-25-2011, 05:21 PM

Never said that candidates get equal treatment or equal coverage. I don't think anybody ever said that. But the crux of my question is that if equal coverage is desired then how can it be done when you have the media increasing one candidate's exposure over others because of some "scandal of the week" sort of thing? Especially when you have candidates riding high on the polls.

**Beowulf** · 11-25-2011, 05:22 PM

I'm smart. I ignore polls.

DeafCaroline · 11-25-2011, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Beowulf

It's naive to think that candidates ought to get equal treatment. They don't. Ho hum.

Of course and they don't. What I wondered was if candidates had gotten equal coverage in the media, would the polls still be the same?

**saywhatkid** · 11-25-2011, 07:40 PM

Maybe Huntsman should have been a bit more frisky, or at least had a reputation to protect. Worked out for Cain.

kokonut · 11-25-2011, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by saywhatkid

Maybe Huntsman should have been a bit more frisky, or at least had a reputation to protect. Worked out for Cain.

According to the media in the attempt to paint that picture.

**saywhatkid** · 11-25-2011, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

According to the media in the attempt to paint that picture.

We all heard of him, no? We all heard Clinton had issues with his willy. It might have helped his wife get elected. Turning the tides on negative publicity shows moxie.

kokonut · 11-25-2011, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by saywhatkid

We all heard of him, no? We all heard Clinton had issues with his willy. It might have helped his wife get elected. Turning the tides on negative publicity shows moxie.

I don't think anything can trump a physical evidence on a blue dress covered with Willy's DNAs. There's a difference between alleged and a physical evidence.

**saywhatkid** · 11-25-2011, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

I don't think anything can trump a physical evidence on a blue dress covered with Willy's DNAs. There's a difference between alleged and a physical evidence.

You missed the point. I was drawing attention to his wife winning the election. Might have had something to do with her standing by her cheating man.

How do you feel about the whole blue dress thing? Did you not find it just a bit creepy that someone would save a semen-stained dress? Was this a heroic act?

**Jiro** · 11-25-2011, 08:17 PM

hey Naughty! i mean Newty!

**Jiro** · 11-25-2011, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by saywhatkid

You missed the point. I was drawing attention to his wife winning the election. Might have had something to do with her standing by her cheating man.

How do you feel about the whole blue dress thing? Did you not find it just a bit creepy that someone would save a semen-stained dress? Was this a heroic act?

blackmail. extortion. comical.

**saywhatkid** · 11-25-2011, 08:24 PM

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blackmail. extortion. comical.

Fame *cough* Book deals *cough cough* Movie rights *hack patooie*

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saywhatkid Emerging from the sun Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: In space Posts: 7,270 Blog Entries: 2	Positive intensity? Sounds like something I might hear at Batteries Plus. deafskeptic likes this. __________________ "We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves." ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

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kokonut Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 15,348	Never said that candidates get equal treatment or equal coverage. I don't think anybody ever said that. But the crux of my question is that if equal coverage is desired then how can it be done when you have the media increasing one candidate's exposure over others because of some "scandal of the week" sort of thing? Especially when you have candidates riding high on the polls. __________________ Before AD. After AD. "Restriction on free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us." -Thurgood Marshall, former Supreme Court Justice "... turns out they are telling the truth."

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TWA Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,374	I wish Huntsman would get more exposure. He is a lot more sane and reasonable than the rest of the field. Clearly he's in the wrong party.

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saywhatkid Emerging from the sun Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: In space Posts: 7,270 Blog Entries: 2	Maybe Huntsman should have been a bit more frisky, or at least had a reputation to protect. Worked out for Cain. __________________ "We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves." ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

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