Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Chris Coons

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1. Jason330 says:

   February 24, 2012 at 9:27 am

   What did Coons say about Iran? He hasn’t joined the lunatic caucus headed up by Joe Lieberman has he?

2. Delaware Dem says:

   February 24, 2012 at 9:36 am

   http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=40879

3. puck says:

   February 24, 2012 at 10:32 am

   From WDEL: “Senator Coons Thursday joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in ruling out an American containment strategy for an Iran with nuclear weapons.”

   Does “bipartisan” mean Coons and Lieberman were there?

   Update: Actually it pretty much does. Our Senator is hanging around with some unsavory characters:

   SENATE RESOLUTION 380–TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN FROM ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY — (Senate – February 16, 2012)

   [Page: S859] GPO’s PDF

   —

   Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Casey, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coats, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Heller, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Portman, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Risch, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Sessions) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

   S. Res. 380

   Whereas since at least the late 1980s, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has engaged in a sustained and well-documented pattern of illicit and deceptive activities to acquire nuclear capability;

4. Jason330 says:

   February 24, 2012 at 10:59 am

   What am I missing here, because I know Coons is not an idiot. I just don’t get why Coons and Carney want to set up these 1980’s-beige-Mike-Castley-I’m-on-every-side-of-every-issue brand identities.

   It is 2012 guys. Delaware is a democratic state.

5. Jason330 says:

   February 24, 2012 at 11:16 am

   What I am lamenting about Coons and Carney is the eagerness to pander to low information voters when simply being a Democrat would be much more effective. these two comments on a TPM thread relate the substance of my chagrin better than I can:

   The media are collectively too stupid and lazy to ferret this information out themselves, but the fact is that the polling and surveys of the so-called “independent voter” done by academics and professionals who understand survey methodology all show that “independent voters” are divided into three distinct groups. One group self-identifies as independent but votes consistently and reliably for Democrats. Another group is the same, only they vote for Republicans. The last group is the only truly independent bloc of voters, and as a group there is no discernible party affiliation in their voting habits.

   Obviously, the Democrats need to be able to turn out the vote in the first group, and the GOP needs to do the same in the second. Given the well-established voting habits of these groups, it’s generally not a very difficult thing to do, as long as the candidates for either party aren’t radically outside the mainstream for that party, or aren’t notably incompetent as candidates.

   The third group of true independents are legitimately up for grabs, but unfortunately for the Dems these are true low-information voters, both in terms of being aware of general party ideology, about candidates, and about issues. They’re generally profoundly ignorant of what’s at stake in any particular election. These voters in particular are prone to voting for a candidate solely because “I’d like to have a beer with him.” Given the GOP’s excellence in appealing to ignorant boobs, Democrats can have a difficult time breaking through unless there are overwhelming issues at stake, such as economic ones.
   …………………………….

   Research also shows that ‘truly’ independent voters are also 70% more likely to “bandwagon,” i.e.: vote for whomever they see others supporting. If their friends and neighbors are voting for Smith, and the news says Smith is winning, ‘true’ independents will usually vote for Smith.

   That’s not as absurd as it seems at first glance. ‘True’ independents are less “low information voters” than “different information voters.” They get their news from their friends, family, coworkers, and other people they meet. They tend to know more about their local communities than “news junkies,” and may know about developing trends before the major media get wind of the story. They’re not stupid. They just don’t live and breathe politics. Instead, they tend to vote with people whose opinions they trust.

   And that’s exactly why it’s so important for progressive Democrats to join political conversations in lunch rooms, waiting rooms, checkout lines, neighborhood gatherings, etc. Those conversations are where median-voters get their news. If you don’t speak up, the only news they hear is conservative.

   For more see: http://bpicampus.com/2012/01/06/morning-feature-back-to-work-part-ii-fred-whispering-again/

6. Joanne Christian says:

   February 24, 2012 at 11:20 am

   I think that is the longest post I have ever seen jason post–either real or pasted. This is really bothering him.

7. Jason330 says:

   February 24, 2012 at 11:32 am

   All I’ve ever wanted is for Team Donkey to be the prohibitive favorite every time they take the field.

8. Geezer says:

   February 24, 2012 at 11:54 am

   Jason: Unless this is a pander to Delaware’s Jewish community, I can’t figure it out, either — unless he’s one of those Democrats who figure we’re going to vote for him no matter what, so he might as well pick up a few pro-Israel undecideds.

9. puck says:

   February 24, 2012 at 12:00 pm

   Coons is lining up with Lieberman and Schumer who actually NEED the Jewish support, which in those parts consists of some pretty rabid folks (a vocal but dominant minority). Here, not so much.

10. socialistic ben says:

    February 24, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    If this is a pander to De’s Jewish community, he doesn’t know much about De’s Jewish community.

11. puck says:

    February 24, 2012 at 12:25 pm

    On the other hand, the last ten years has taught us there is no penalty for Democrats who support or even help launch a senseless war.

12. Jason330 says:

    February 24, 2012 at 1:03 pm

    True dat. To Joe Biden’s eternal shame, he had the stature in the Senate to say, “Hold on a second…” to George Bush, and he never said it. Instead he became the Vice President of the United States.

13. Geezer says:

    February 25, 2012 at 11:33 am

    “the last ten years has taught us there is no penalty for Democrats who support or even help launch a senseless war.”

    Wow. How soon we forget Hillary Clinton.

14. June says:

    February 27, 2012 at 10:53 am

    How many of you have called Coons’ office and said you were disappointed in his hawkish stand on Iran? Unless you take the time to pick up the phone and let him know, he gets away with thinking that his constituency doesn’t care. He knows better — he has a strong understanding of foreign policy. I don’t get it. He’s down there a year or two and he’s listening to those crazy people.