Purple Poll's top guy is Republican consultant who said Obama would lose to McCain

[Marzupialis]

The media has done a terrible job exposing pollsters with a conflict of interest. It took one DU'er (me) to find out that We Ask American is a pro-Republican pseudopollster who is not to be trusted. See link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002875773

What I do is not difficult. I google the names of the people behind the polls and obtain their background information. Alex Castellanos is the very first name in the list of "founding partners" of the Purple Strategies company which conducts the Purple Poll. http://www.purplestrategies.com/people/

I then google Alex Castellanos' name and found an Obama-bashing article in the Huffington Post. The article identifies Castellanos as a "Republican media consultant."

As bad as Castellanos' conflict of interest is, it is not the worst part of what you will read in this thread: In the above-mentioned article dated August, 2008, Castellanos said "Obama can't win" the elections which Obama would eventually won easily against John McCain.

Alex Castellanos is a dumbass Republican who heads a Republican firm which the media (much like We Ask America) is misrepresenting as non-partisan or independent, by not giving us this guy's background.

Some might argue that the second person in importance (Steve McMahon) is a Democrat; however, Joe Lieberman is a Democrat and Dennis Kucinich is a Democrat. How good of a Democrat is McMahon? When Markos Moulitsas (legendary liberal blogger) calls you a "sleazy fuck," odds are there is something wrong with you. McMahon and Purple Strategies defended BP in the wake of the devastating oil spill that occurred some years ago. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/06/12/875186/-Steve-McMahon-ass

[MADem]

1. You know what they say....consider the source! K/R! nt

[liberalmike27]

2. Heard Poll This Morning

About how close Romney was in various swing states--said "There is just no way!"

But then I'm extremely biased. We've got one of the richest guys running, who made outsourcing and globalization his prime focus in the economy, unemployment is our huge problem, along with wealth disparities, and debt, which is also created by globalization and its resulting unemployment.

Seriously? And polls are showing people are voting for the guy with all of the problems, the guy that represents every f*cking problem we have, that has caused this depression?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. This is the poll that Tweety relied on last night to tell us how "close" the race is...

[rurallib]

4. Aren't McMahon and Castellanos the clowns that MSNBC have on all the time?

[love0bama-4ever]

6. I think they belong in CNN, not MSNBC

At least the Castellanos dope... I used to see him ALL the time in CNN, going back and forth in discussions with Roland, I hardly ever see Castellanos on MSNBC, and I am mighty glad I don't because I simply can't stand him, he is an arrogant idiott, and interestingly enough, I think he was born in Cuba, oh well, I do not watch CNN anymore, as soon as I get home at 5:30 from work I tune in to MSNBC until 11:00 after I have watched all the talk shows one after the other, and I just wish they had political talk shows in the weekends, well, they do, the Wake Up with Chris and Melissa Harris, that's fine, but other than those, that's it for the weekend, just LockUp and more LockUp which I hate. But I love MSNBC, and I do miss the Martin Bashir show like crazy, can't watch it anymore, wish they had reruns but I don't think they do.

[Overseas]

5. K&R