Friday, September 7, 2012

Political Intimidation: Justice Dept. Gallup Lawsuit came after Axelrod Criticized Pollsters (Didn’t Like the Poll Numbers)



Scotty Starnes posted: "[caption id="attachment_31059" align="aligncenter" width="260"] Chicago commie[/caption] Add Gallup to the Obama's enemy list! Team Obama is loaded with Chicago goons who use intimidation as a political tool. Remember folks, this is the same administra"
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Political Intimidation: Justice Dept. Gallup Lawsuit came after Axelrod Criticized Pollsters (Didn't Like the Poll Numbers)

by Scotty Starnes

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Add Gallup to the Obama's enemy list! Team Obama is loaded with Chicago goons who use intimidation as a political tool. Remember folks, this is the same administration that attempted to get a 4-star General to change his testimony to help out an Obama campaign donor and who tried to get the credit agencies to hold off on the downgrade. Not to mention their enemies list where they have attacked Romney donors.

From Daily Caller:

Internal emails between senior officials at The Gallup Organization, obtained by The Daily Caller, show senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod attempting to subtly intimidate the respected polling firm when its numbers were unfavorable to the president.

After Gallup declined to change its polling methodology, Obama's Department of Justice hit it with an unrelated lawsuit that appears damning on its face.

TheDC is withholding the identities of the Gallup officials to protect them from potential retaliation from Obama's campaign and his administration.

In April, Axelrod tweeted that a poll showing Mitt Romney with a 48-43 percent lead over Obama was "saddled with some methodological problems," directing his Twitter followers to read a National Journal story criticizing Gallup polls showing a Romney lead.

In that National Journal piece, Ron Brownstein wrote that the polls showing Romney leading the president had "a sample that looks much more like the electorate in 2010 than the voting population that is likely to turn out in 2012."

Internally, Gallup officials discussed via email how to respond Axelrod's accusations. One suggested that it "seems like a pretty good time for a blog response," and named a potential writer.

In response to that suggestion, another senior Gallup official wrote — in an email chain titled "Axelrod vs. Gallup" — that the White House "has asked" a senior Gallup staffer "to come over and explain our methodology too."

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