Leland Beatty takes a look at all those new folks who voted in the Democratic primary.
[W]e surveyed 2,500 voters, half of whom had never participated in a primary until 2008 and the other half voters who participated in previous Republican primaries but this year voted in the Democratic primary. We asked them whom they support now, and whether their feelings have changed since the March primary. We also sought their feelings about the presidential campaign and about issues of concern to Texas.
Beatty said that his survey -- which singled out 1,500 first-time primary voters and 1,500 voters who had previously voted in a Republican primary -- suggests a strong realignment is underway in Texas as more voters become "persuadable" to Democratic candidates, provided the aspirants have a positive message and enough campaign money to get it across.Beatty, who has a background in farm issues, summed up this way: "It's going to take some irrigation on that wheat to get a crop out of it."
After Burka's post a couple months ago stating that Obama was doomed beyond repair and that his candidacy was effectively over because of the Jeremiah Wright controversy, I've learned to not really sweat any of his prophecies. Interestingly, that post seems to have been deleted or I would have posted a link.
I only began reading Burka this year. I have a feeling that had I started reading him earlier I would have come to this conclusion sooner. Granted, he obviously knows a lot about politics (certainly more than I), but he seems utterly clueless sometimes.
Posted by: tc on May 29, 2008 6:22 PM