Surely this must be some trick? It does say the people who conducted the poll is a firm that polls for Democrats, could they be setting us up somehow? And even the Globe reporting on this sounds awful fishy to me.
"Gomez, who scored an upset victory over two rivals in the Republican primary on Tuesday, has the support of 40 percent of likely voters in the June 25 general election, compared to 44 percent for Markey, according to the survey by Public Policy Polling, a firm that often polls for Democratic and liberal groups. Sixteen percent of respondents said they were undecided." - Boston,com
Of course it wouldn't be in the left's best interest to make these numbers up, after all they wouldn't want to get Republicans hopes up and actually get them excited and take Gomez seriously. So what could these numbers mean?
They don't seem to mean much to the national GOP, at least according to an article in the Washington Post.
While local Republicans are excited about the former Navy SEAL-turned-businessman, the early skepticism is blocking the larger flow of money and manpower that helped Republican Scott Brown score an unlikely special election victory here three years ago to replace the late Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy.We know that Markey has lots of money, after all he has spent his life in Washington, the ultimate career politician. Could that be why people like Gomez, someone who isn't a career politician? Could they really want change? Do Democrats like Gomez for these reasons, after all he has admitted to being an Obama supporter and there is that letter he wrote to Deval Patrick. Maybe the democrats think he is one of them?
I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I don't put much stock in polls. Gabriel Gomez is challenging a "made man" of the Democrat Party. I don't see him having as much of a chance as Scott Brown did. Surprise was on Brown’s side, now the political machine can see Gomez coming. I hope I am wrong, it won’t be the first time.
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