Comments on: CLOSING THE GAP? Blaha Releases New Magellan Poll Showing Tightening Race With Congressman Lamborn https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/ Colorado's Conservative Bully Pulpit Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: guesswho https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2063 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:52:21 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2063 In reply to Nancy.

Magellan has been known to produce poll results for what clients want, rather than the actual reality.

I’m interested in knowing what they asked and/or how they asked it.

I think Peak is right. Blaha may be gaining ground from his massive ad campaign, but he’s not within 5 points.  

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By: Nancy https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2062 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:07:24 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2062 I got called for a survey purporting to be about the Republican primary.  If this is what they based their poll on, I’m not surprised it shows Blaha gaining ground.  It was an campaign ad for Blaha, not an unbiased poll.  You could hear the bias dripping from the questions – almost like listening to NPR!  I hung up the phone – it made me sick to listen to it.  

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By: Aristotle https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2061 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:41:04 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2061 In reply to Aristotle.

And without a word of acknowledgment. Typical move by classless hacks.

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By: Aristotle https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2060 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:34:32 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2060 Either franking is wasteful….

Add this news to the fact that Perlmutter is consistently the second worst abuser of taxpayer funded franking privileges in the delegation [Lamborn being the first – Ari]

… or it isn’t. From this very diary:

The advantage of incumbency is useful to Lamborn in more than just his voting record, including the ability to use taxpayer funds to send out “franked”[Peak’s sudden use of quotes is noteworthy – Ari] mail to constituents. Blaha recently filed a formal complaint against Lamborn for his use of franking, though it’s unlikely to go anywhere since a Franking Commission formally approved all of Lamborns [sic] mailers before they were sent.

Which is it?

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By: Aristotle https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2059 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:59:28 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2012/04/13/closing-the-gap-blaha-releases-new-magellan-poll-showing-tightening-race-with-congressman-lamborn/#comment-2059

But Lamborn is no stranger to primary challengers as an incumbent Congressman. He fended off serious challenges in 2006 and 2008.

He wasn’t incumbent in 2006. He was one of six challengers for the nomination in the wake of Joel Hefley’s decision not to run again – one he won by being the most extreme candidate in a field full of extremists.

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