Polls: Jeb Plummets, Nobody Trusts Hillary
RUSH: Presidential polling data, Republican side. This is The Politico: "Jeb Bush Plummets in Latest National Poll -- Trump and Carson continue to lead the GOP field. Jeb Bush's support among Republicans nationally has plummeted to the low single digits in the latest Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday, as the former Florida governor's campaign seeks to hit refresh with its 'Jeb Can Fix It' tour. Donald Trump and Ben Carson, meanwhile, continued to lead the field, with Carson outperforming Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical general-election matchup."
This is why Ron Fournier is bordering on insanity today. Matt Bevin winning tells Fournier that any fruitcake can win now, any lunatic can win if this guy did. And Ben Carson? I don't care whatever you think they think of Trump, they think Ben Carson is the biggest walking idiot they've ever seen in the political universe. They don't deny his prowess as a surgeon. But they think Ben Carson's so pathetic they feel sorry for him during these debates. You can tell it by the questions they ask him.
So then they see a poll here and it's a poll they trust, Quinnipiac, that shows Ben Carson beating Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical general election matchup, and they're teetering on the left and in the Drive-By Media.
"In the latest poll, conducted after last week's third GOP debate in which Bush delivered a mediocre performance, just 4 percent of Republican and independent Republican-leaning voters said they would support Bush in their state's primary. In the September survey, Bush earned 10 percent, trailing Trump, Carson and Carly Fiorina. And in terms of favorability, no one polled lower than Bush, at a net-negative of 33 points. ... For its part, the Bush campaign has tried to manage expectations among the media. 'FYI political press corps. Jeb's going to have a few weeks of bad polls,' campaign communications director Tim Miller tweeted Monday. 'Comebacks take time, we recognize and are prepared for that.'"
So what they're saying is "Jeb can fix it" is brand-new. It's gonna take a while for this comeback to happen. You gotta hang in there and be tough with us. If you read this story, like the headline here, "Jeb Bush Plummets in Latest National Poll - Trump and Carson continue to lead," if you read the whole story, that's not the headline you would write, nor is it a headline I would write. I would write one of the following headlines. I'm not gonna read the whole story. Trust me, this is the meat to me, this is the lead of the story that Politico is not highlighting. "Poll: Hillary Clinton Seen As Most Dishonest and Untrustworthy Candidate Running for President." That's in this story.
In the Quinnipiac poll, Mrs. Clinton is seen as the most dishonest and untrustworthy candidate, Republican or Democrat. You have to dig deep to find that. Or: "Most Republicans Beat Hillary in Head-to-head Matchups." That's another thing that is incontrovertibly true in this Politico story, but you have to dig deep to find it. The lead is buried. There are two different ones they could have gone with, both are buried. This Quinnipiac poll is a gut punch to the Hillary campaign. There's nothing in this that's remotely good for her, and yet mostly the story's about Bush plummeting back down to 4%.
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RUSH: In the Quinnipiac poll, Hillary Clinton is seen as the most dishonest and untrustworthy candidate running for president. The most honest and trustworthy is Ben Carson. The same poll, 62% say that he is the most honest and trustworthy. Only 24% disagree. Only 36% see Hillary Clinton as honest and trustworthy.
Now, I'm just saying that in the bowels of the Democrat Party, polyps and all, there is a lot of disquiet about Mrs. Clinton. I mean, she may be the going-away nominee, she may be presumptive, it may be the coronation, but some of them are very worried 'cause if something happens that they can't control, they got nowhere else to go. Well, Biden, maybe, but the bottom line, that's really not -- I mean, there's a proven loser, too, on his own.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/quinnipiac-poll-jeb-bush-clinton-trump-215493
RUSH: Presidential polling data, Republican side. This is The Politico: "Jeb Bush Plummets in Latest National Poll -- Trump and Carson continue to lead the GOP field. Jeb Bush's support among Republicans nationally has plummeted to the low single digits in the latest Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday, as the former Florida governor's campaign seeks to hit refresh with its 'Jeb Can Fix It' tour. Donald Trump and Ben Carson, meanwhile, continued to lead the field, with Carson outperforming Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical general-election matchup."
This is why Ron Fournier is bordering on insanity today. Matt Bevin winning tells Fournier that any fruitcake can win now, any lunatic can win if this guy did. And Ben Carson? I don't care whatever you think they think of Trump, they think Ben Carson is the biggest walking idiot they've ever seen in the political universe. They don't deny his prowess as a surgeon. But they think Ben Carson's so pathetic they feel sorry for him during these debates. You can tell it by the questions they ask him.
So then they see a poll here and it's a poll they trust, Quinnipiac, that shows Ben Carson beating Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical general election matchup, and they're teetering on the left and in the Drive-By Media.
"In the latest poll, conducted after last week's third GOP debate in which Bush delivered a mediocre performance, just 4 percent of Republican and independent Republican-leaning voters said they would support Bush in their state's primary. In the September survey, Bush earned 10 percent, trailing Trump, Carson and Carly Fiorina. And in terms of favorability, no one polled lower than Bush, at a net-negative of 33 points. ... For its part, the Bush campaign has tried to manage expectations among the media. 'FYI political press corps. Jeb's going to have a few weeks of bad polls,' campaign communications director Tim Miller tweeted Monday. 'Comebacks take time, we recognize and are prepared for that.'"
So what they're saying is "Jeb can fix it" is brand-new. It's gonna take a while for this comeback to happen. You gotta hang in there and be tough with us. If you read this story, like the headline here, "Jeb Bush Plummets in Latest National Poll - Trump and Carson continue to lead," if you read the whole story, that's not the headline you would write, nor is it a headline I would write. I would write one of the following headlines. I'm not gonna read the whole story. Trust me, this is the meat to me, this is the lead of the story that Politico is not highlighting. "Poll: Hillary Clinton Seen As Most Dishonest and Untrustworthy Candidate Running for President." That's in this story.
In the Quinnipiac poll, Mrs. Clinton is seen as the most dishonest and untrustworthy candidate, Republican or Democrat. You have to dig deep to find that. Or: "Most Republicans Beat Hillary in Head-to-head Matchups." That's another thing that is incontrovertibly true in this Politico story, but you have to dig deep to find it. The lead is buried. There are two different ones they could have gone with, both are buried. This Quinnipiac poll is a gut punch to the Hillary campaign. There's nothing in this that's remotely good for her, and yet mostly the story's about Bush plummeting back down to 4%.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: In the Quinnipiac poll, Hillary Clinton is seen as the most dishonest and untrustworthy candidate running for president. The most honest and trustworthy is Ben Carson. The same poll, 62% say that he is the most honest and trustworthy. Only 24% disagree. Only 36% see Hillary Clinton as honest and trustworthy.
Now, I'm just saying that in the bowels of the Democrat Party, polyps and all, there is a lot of disquiet about Mrs. Clinton. I mean, she may be the going-away nominee, she may be presumptive, it may be the coronation, but some of them are very worried 'cause if something happens that they can't control, they got nowhere else to go. Well, Biden, maybe, but the bottom line, that's really not -- I mean, there's a proven loser, too, on his own.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/quinnipiac-poll-jeb-bush-clinton-trump-215493