Re: "Culture of Corruption" not sticking?

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

what is the DP _for_, anyway?

On 8/8/06, Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It is hard to win on the platform, We are not as bad as the other guy.
>
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 03:50:11PM -0400, ravi wrote:
> > http://platosbeard.org/archives/144
> >
> > A poll of the CA-50 Busby v Bilbray election by Courage Campaign and
> > MyDD suggests that the use of the "Culture of Corruption" theme is not
> > yielding much for the Democrats.
> >
> > Some of the polls I have seen show that the Democrats are seen as the
> > less corrupt, but perhaps this opinion does not translate to
> > election-time decisions. In a similar vein, something I noticed in the
> > above Busby poll is that those polled felt that Busby would represent
> > the common man a lot more than Bilbray would. But they voted for him,
> > nonetheless.
> >
>
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