Rasmussen Again Tries To Prove That Dems’ Rush Strategy Is Failing

[DainBramaged]

Rasmussen Reports is out with another poll today that purports to show that the Dems’ strategy of tying Rush Limbaugh to the GOP is failing.

It isn’t the first time. A few days ago, Rasmussen — which seems to consistently game its polling to appeal to the conservative media — published a different survey seemingly designed to prove this. That poll asked whether respondents agreed with this statement: “Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party — he says jump and they say how high”?

Only 11% of Republicans said they agreed, a figure Rasmussen cited to raise doubts about the efficacy of the Dem strategy. But as David Kurtz noted about Rasmussen’s framing at the time: “Isn’t that about the equivalent of, Are you Rush’s b***h — yes or no?” Other critics panned the poll, too.

Today Rasmussen is out with new numbers that the outlet claims shows that their initial conclusion that the Dem strategy is failing was right:

In the current survey, we simply asked if Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party. The different wording had virtually no impact on the GOP responses: Only 10% said yes.

But again, this whole way of asking the question simply doesn’t tell us whether the Dem strategy is working or not. The Dem strategy isn’t about getting people to agree that Rush is literally the leader of the party. Rather, it’s about associating the GOP overall with Rush’s harsh, partisan, angry obstructionism and negativity.

I’m not sure whether the Dem strategy is working or not. But polls showing that big majorities hold the GOP, and not Dems, responsible for the partisan breakdown in D.C. seem like a far better indicator than this Rasmussen line of questioning is.
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/republicans_see_their_party_as_leaderless

[Cha]

1. Obama has so many greedy gopers in

power wanting to take him and our country down..they need all the support they can get.

rush limbaugh is a cancer on America.

[Every Man A King]

2. The details of his own poll contradict him

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/pt_survey_toplines/march_2009/toplines_party_leaders_march_6_7_2009

2* Is the leader of the Republican Party Michael Steele, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, someone else or is there no clear leader?

4% Rush Limbaugh
3% Michael Steele
3% John McCain
1% Sarah Palin
1% Mitch McConnell
0% John Boehner
0% Sean Hannity

65% No clear leader
21% Not sure
1% Someone else

[DainBramaged]

3. Isn't it GREAT that they ARE rudderless, however!

[billybob537]

4. yet more proof.

If it wasn't working it would have gone down the memory hole weeks ago.