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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

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    With regard to the online polling . . . (none / 0) (#3)
    by Kevin Rex Heine on Sat Aug 13, 2011 at 03:52:41 PM EST
    . . . that took place during the Ames debate, I found the FOX News issue polls conducted "live online" to be somewhat fascinating:

    Do you support a Balanced Budget Amendment?

    • Yes = 68%
    • No = 32%

    Is Congress doing a good job?
    • Yes = 29%
    • No = 71%

    Does the U.S. need to reform its tax code?
    • Yes = 80%
    • No = 20%

    Do you believe we will see an increase in jobs over the next year?
    • Yes = 20%
    • No = 80%

    Do you support tax increases?
    • Yes = 25%
    • No = 75%

    Does the U.S. need to strengthen its borders?
    • Yes = 76%
    • No = 24%

    Do you support amnesty for illegal immigrants?
    • Yes = 28%
    • No = 72%

    Will the "supercommittee" be effective?
    • Yes = 11%
    • No = 89%

    Should the new healthcare law be repealed?
    • Yes = 72%
    • No = 28%

    Should the U.S. withdraw troops from Afghanistan?
    • Yes = 85%
    • No = 15%

    Should the U.S. end its involvement in Libya?
    • Yes = 88%
    • No = 12%

    Is the U.S. doing enough to fight radical extremists?
    • Yes = 53%
    • No = 47%

    Is a candidate's religion important to you?
    • Yes = 47%
    • No = 53%

    Do you support gay marriage?
    • Yes = 45%
    • No = 55%

    Do you support spending cuts?
    • Yes = 86%
    • No = 14%

    Those answers seem to be consistent with how I think most reasonable, fair-minded, conservative-republicans would answer.  However, the candidate polls were just as interesting, if only for a different reason:

    How is Michele Bachman doing?

    • Thumbs up = 43%
    • Thumbs down = 57%

    How is Herman Cain doing?
    • Thumbs up = 66%
    • Thumbs down = 34%

    How is Newt Gingrich doing?
    • Thumbs up = 62%
    • Thumbs down = 38%

    How is Jon Huntsman doing?
    • Thumbs up = 26%
    • Thumbs down = 74%

    How is Ron Paul doing?
    • Thumbs up = 69%
    • Thumbs down = 31%

    How is Tim Pawlenty doing?
    • Thumbs up = 24%
    • Thumbs down = 76%

    How is Mitt Romney doing?
    • Thumbs up = 27%
    • Thumbs down = 73%

    How is Rick Santorum doing?
    • Thumbs up = 43%
    • Thumbs down = 57%

    Now I don't know fore sure (on either the issue questions or the candidate questions) if those were the final numbers, because I really couldn't find any online record, at FOX News or elsewhere, of what the final answers were.  But should I believe that only Cain, Gingrich, and Paul did a good job Thursday night?  While I agree that Bachman, Huntsman, and Pawlenty did poorly, I really don't think that Santorum and Romney did all that badly.  (Don't think that I support either one of them for the top of the ticket, because I don't, but in terms of actual debate performance . . . I don't think they did badly at all.)

    Quite frankly, nothing about this debate changes my opinion about which candidate I'm going to support; but I don't think that "good performance" applies to just three of the eight participants.


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