Here is the plan. 1) Constant harping in wingnut blogs that O’Donnell “won” the debate. 2) Fundraising reports used to support the bogus claim that O’Donnell “won” the debates and is “surging.” 3) Internal polling results released that show the race “tied.”
4) WDEL & The News Journal uncritically report on O’Donnell’s press releases and public statements about her “feisty” campaign’s “comeback.” 5) Some Coons statement or appearance is blown up into being a “gaffe” by the O’Donnell campaign and the national wingnut press in order to make the Coons campaign look panicked and jerky.
Items 1 & 2 are already in motion. The polling that you will hear about in the next week will be highly suspect “robopolls” that use ridiculously leading automated “push poll” scripts rather than live interviewers. These polls will be complete garbage, but will be breathlessly reported along with the Coons “gaffe” by the News Journal and WDEL as national news outlets like (Loudell’s favorites) Politico and the Washington Times, jump on the juicy “down the wire” horse race story.
Nothing is accidental. All of this has been planned out well in advance. The point is to fire up O’Donnell supporters and leaners while simultaneously discouraging Coons supporters.
Sometimes I wish I didn’t know as much about the future as I do.