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Mnpaul

(3,655 posts)
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:36 AM Sep 2012

Minnesota poll: Kurt Bills, when all else fails blame the poll

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kurt Bills campaign says a Star Tribune Minnesota Poll that shows incumbent Democrat Amy Klobuchar with a substantial lead in the race is biased, a charge that Star Tribune leaders dispute.

In a news release on Thursday, Bills campaign manager Mike Osskopp said the poll oversampled Democrats and said, "Don't forget, Amy's Dad was a columnist for the Star Tribune for 3 decades. It's no coincidence that they are pulling for Daddy's little girl." Later, Osskopp e-mailed a fundraising appeal to supporters that said "Daddy's newspaper needs to protect daddy's little girl."
http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/171629611.html

and here is the killer:

More than 60 percent of those polled said they did not recognize Bills' name.

and he blames biased polling?

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Minnesota poll: Kurt Bills, when all else fails blame the poll (Original Post) Mnpaul Sep 2012 OP
Curt who? Thor_MN Oct 2012 #1
He's that guy whining because Walser is supporting Klobuchar Mnpaul Oct 2012 #2

Mnpaul

(3,655 posts)
2. He's that guy whining because Walser is supporting Klobuchar
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 09:16 PM
Oct 2012

There were whining about that in the Trib as well. That has to drive them crazy. "I'm a Republican but Klobuchar has my vote"

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