The New Agenda Practices Smart Politics
This Washington Post article highlights a new truly nonpartisan political organization. I know you’re wondering how an organization can be both nonpartisan and political. That’s a fair question so I’ll explain. Here’s Dictionary.com’s definition on nonpartisan:
not supporting or controlled by a political party, special interest group, or the like.
Next, I point you to this observation:
The New Agenda’s commitment to being nonpartisan reflects the split among its Clinton loyalists over who to support in the general election. But it also allows the group to try to press its anti-sexism agenda with both parties. Siskind said New Agenda has found the McCain campaign more receptive to its overtures, holding meetings with McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina and senior campaign strategists.
Put in this context, it’s perfectly legitimate to say that the group is nonpartisan. That doesn’t mean that its members are nonpartisan. It’s obvious that this group doesn’t care which political party is willing to work with them on their agenda. That position is likely taken because they’re being led by Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild. While I don’t doubt that Lady Rothschild is a partisan Hillary supporter, I’m certain that she isn’t a PDS-afflicted woman either.
It seems to me that this isn’t good news for the Obama campaign either. How can so many former Hillary supporters jump to McCain without it hurting Sen. Obama? That’s why I’m totally skeptical of the daily tracking polls at this point. It isn’t that Gallup and Rasmussen are using deceptive polling techniques. It’s that they can’t be right when put these three things together:
- McCain solidified the GOP base and then some with Gov. Palin.
- People identifying themselves as Republicans has increased dramatically over the past month.
- A significant number of Hillary’s supporters announced that they’re supporting the McCain-Palin ticket now.
If you do the math, you’ll realize that these three things can’t be true if Sen. Obama actually is 6 points ahead.
Personally, I’m taking these former Hillary supporters at their word. I’m getting reports that says volunteerism has jumped this past month so I’m thinking that that’s proof of the base being united. I think it’s also proof that the base is growing.
If we think that those three things are accurate, then it isn’t possible to think that Sen. Obama is leading the McCain-Palin ticket by 6.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog