I usually watch Harris Faulkner (yes, on FNC) at 8:00 in the mornings. I think she is the best thing going on cable news channels, and she is beautiful also. So Wednesday morning she had a small focus group on, with 2 Dems, 2 Repubs, and 2 Indies. Also there was poll expert Lee Carter, all to discuss the previous night's debate. Most of the feedback was not a big surprise, about what you might expect from each of the participants. But what WAS a surprise was what Lee Carter shared.
She had done a real time focus group during the debate, where the participants (from the same three groups) had these dials that allowed her to track the reactions of each of the groups as the questions were being answered. Again, there wasn't much to surprise you from D's and R's, as their responses predictably diverged above and below the 0 line depending on the subject. The surprise came in from the Independent group, as their responses tracked almost identically to the Republican response in every instance, whether the response was negative or positive! I never expected a result like that, as one would expect a group of Independents to have differing responses to the two candidates. If that kind of response extrapolates to the global independent voter group then Harris will be in big trouble, as we all know it is the independent voters that will decide the election.
BTW, here is my opinion on who won and who lost on the debate:
- Harris- Loser, started poorly, too many lies, NEVER answered a question
- Trump- Loser, unfocused, lost opportunities, fell for KH's traps
- ABC- Loser, completely biased, conflict of interest with ABC exec and KH
- Moderators- Losers, either "fact check" and challenge both or neither-not only one side, completely lost any journalistic integrity they might have had
- You, me, and Pooneil- Losers, worst debate in recent history, and we learned nothing from the poor performances of all involved.
That's All I Have To Say About That*
*For now, anyway