| "The race is still Kerry's to lose," pollster John Zogby told reporters Friday. "Undecideds historically break against the incumbent, and there's no reason to expect that to change here," he said. In his most recent polls, 30 to 40 percent of the undecideds say they think it's time for someone new as compared to 20 percent who say they feel Bush deserves re-election. |
And on Tuesday:
| "The race is John Kerry's to lose," he said. "That doesn't mean he can't rise to the occasion." |
But today, Robert Novak claims the following:
| POLLSTER John Zogby surprised the political world back in April with a long-range prediction that John Kerry would defeat George W. Bush for President. On Monday this week, Zogby told me, he changed his mind. He now thinks the President is more likely to be re-elected because he has reinforced support from his base, including married white women. |
Interesting choice of words. If I had to guess I'd say Zogby told him that it was more likely that Bush would win, but not that he had "changed his mind." If you've been following the news, you know that for the past week or two he's been telling anyone who would listen that it was "Kerry's race to lose." And yet, Novak insists on spinning it as "Zogby told me, he changed his mind."
Sometimes I wonder... does the concept of credibility mean anything to anyone anymore?
UPDATE: Looks like I was right. The Moderate Voice has an interview with Zogby in which he laughs about Novak's deliberate misquote.
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