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July 20, 2007

Give Us Some Real Numbers, Please

I don't believe the numbers we're getting in the news about anything related to the President or the Presidential race are real anymore, and here's why. They're all a bunch of 33s.

Giuliani has the support of 33% of Republicans. In the recent University of New Hampshire poll, 33% of 333 Democrats polled supported Hillary and 33% of Republicans polled supported Romney. In a recent MoveOn.org poll focusing on climate change, however, it was John Edwards who won 33% support.

Obama raised $33 million during the last reporting period and Hillary has $33 million cash on hand. Mitt Romney was able to raise the same amount as Giuliani, even though he had only 33 days in which to do it.

President Bush's approval rating is holding at 33%. It's been 33 years since Nixon was impeached, and the House Resolution being brought forward to impeach Bush is HR 333. The latest polling shows more voters favor impeachment of both Bush and Cheney than don't, but considering that 33% of voters are Independents like me, and we're probably going to have a big impact on whether or not impeachment occurs, as well as who is voted into office on the next round, doesn't it make sense to provide us with the real numbers and information? Or is anyone even actually counting?

Posted by Becky at July 20, 2007 12:14 PM