Comments on: HD 12 Polls Differ Greatly

by: Thinking About HD 12 » Doc’s Political Parlor

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:11:55 +0000

[…] I pointed last week to a mailout that Wayne Willingham, Republican candidate in the HD 12 special election tomorrow, sent out last week. Over the weekend I find that James Fields, the Democratic candidate in tomorrow’s special election, has a TV spot available on YouTube and a radio spot also available online. (I have not been able to find anything similar for Willingham.) […]

by: Trvld

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:21:48 +0000

In response to #5, “Fields agrees with Hillary and Barack on nearly everything.” Please! First of all, making the argument that two people of the same party agree on everything is less than informed. Otherwise, all Republicans are responsible for the 900 or so false statements to push us into war in Iraq. Does that mean all Republicans believe corrpution is okay like Nixon and DeLay. I’ll one up that. Do all Republicans believe homosexuality is okay in one’s personal life even though they fight against gay marriage in their public life as does our esteemed Senator Larry Craig (allegedly)? Finally, are all Republicans in agreement to use racism as the GOP did with the Southern Strategy (admitted by Ken Mehlman and covered in the USA Today) or the subtle use of race in the state parties flyer? (It seems very suspicious that they would juxtapose pictures of Mr. Fields and Mr. Willingham except to point out his race.)

In other words, simple comparisons do not portray an accurate picture.

Furthermore, I hope the voters of HD12 see that the above flyer does not have any merit in terms of giving accurate comparisons or improving our political discourse.

by: Anonymous

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:47:24 +0000

To #5 Above - it is in the inrterest of certain special interests to make people believe that Fields is in a strong position in this election. If he is not, everything Dr. Hubbert and Mr. Johnson say from now on should be regarded skeptically. They have put their credibility on the line here.

by: Anonymous

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:05:43 +0000

Danny - as I have said before, I know nothing of this election. But I can tell you this much: there is a long history (and a lot of witnesses to bear this out) of Gerald Johnson having polls showing Democrats with big leads in polls in the weeks leading up to elections only to see them “narrow” in the last few days. Often the winners in these elctions are not the candidates with the “big leads” only day before. I don’t know if that is where your numbers are coming from, but you can find a lot of people who can vouch for that sequence of events . . . .

by: dan t

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:05:30 +0000

Voters are a strange bunch. No matter what happens in a few days, this district will vote in overwhelming numbers for the GOP nominee for President in November. It just doesnt make sense. Fields agrees with Hillary and Barack on nearly everything. Fields has a good chance of winning Tuesday though but Barack or Hillary have no chance of winning Cullman in November. Im not saying that to run James down. I actually like him more than I do Willingham. I just find it odd how voters think sometimes.

by: walt moffett

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:27:16 +0000

Good question for Mr Willingham to answer, this isn’t 1962 when Southern Republicans fudged their party identity.

by: Mike

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:42:09 +0000

Why does Wayne Willingham not identify himself as a Republican?

by: walt moffett

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:22:53 +0000

Or the pollsters fall back on the “this poll reflects the views of those polled at the time it was made”.

That way, both dogs are still in the hunt for future work.

Lets see how this unfolds and the inevitable kvetching from the losing side.

by: John

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:45:35 +0000

This has got to be a suppression poll and an attempt to demoralize the Fields campaign which has been riding high. The differences in the two polls you are way to far out of wack. As you’ve said though, it will be interesting to see what happens here.