Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) ~ Behold, the most remarkable sentence in the annals of polling.
Read that again: 'President Biden was hurt badly by the debate, but Donald Trump didn’t benefit on any measure, except the vote.'
We'll give you a minute to gather yourself ... and pick your jaw up off of the floor.
The full Politico article -- in fairness -- does not pull any punches in describing how badly Biden performed. But the phrasing in this section, from a YouGovBlue survey of Democrat-leaning voters, is simply fantastic. The people surveyed were two-thirds in favor of Biden before the debate. Afterward, Biden left with barely half of them still committed to him.
We suppose that the credit for the paragraph above really should go to YouGovBlue. But Politico selected that exact phrase -- and none other from the survey -- for its article. THAT is the highlight they wanted to include.
Uh, Politico ... I thought "the vote" was the whole point of the exercise, no???!!!
JOURNALISMING: Politico Says the Debate Did Not Help Donald Trump ... Except With the Vote
http://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/06/30/journalisming-politico-boasts-the-debate-did-not-help-donald-trump-except-with-the-vote-n2397812
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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