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tlsmith — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:14:51 -0500

The reason they won't report this is because Zogby has a historically bad track record in their polls. Plus, the blind bio poll is meaningless. Last time I voted, which was a couple weeks ago, the only thing I saw on the ballot were names, and the details of a ballot issue that didn't even count because the proponents didn't gather enough signatures after a bunch were ruled invalid. When most people go to vote, all they'll see is a name, party affiliation, and if they are lucky, a one word description of their occupation (it varies from state to state).

Giuliani Loses to Ron Paul in recent Zogby Poll

duelly2003 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:49:07 -0500

Here is an excerpt from Zogby.com Nov. 22:
"The blind bio question was also posed to a larger pool of 1,009 likely voters nationwide, including Democrats and independents, and Paul was the big winner among that universe of voters, winning 33%, compared to 19% for Giuliani, 15% for Romney, and 13% for Thompson."

"...The telephone survey, known as a “blind bio” poll because likely voters are given details of the candidates’ resumes without their names attached."

Will the media report this?

@twitterspoofs

Patrick Ruffini — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:59:09 -0500

The Richardson looks likely to be a spoof too (profile photo of him with Saddam Hussein?).

Spoof tweets are amongst the best parts of Twitter, as any follower of @billclinton and @darthvader knows oh so well.

"Owned"

Joshua Levy — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:53:02 -0500

Yeah, it's clear he never owned this account. It's more that someone hijacked his name, and his campaign didn't have the good sense to take ownership of the account.

That said, is it somehow implausible that Rudy himself actually took the time to tell us what kind of cereal he had for breakfast? :)

Umm....

Patrick Ruffini — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:49:40 -0500

At the risk of being Rudy's online factchecker guy (see post below), I'm pretty certain this Twitter account was never owned by the Giuliani campaign.

The previous tweets are also clearly spoofs.

Someone's Hijacked Rudy's Tweets!

Joshua Levy — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:24:07 -0500

Blogger Blue NoVA subscribes to all of the candidates’ Twitter accounts, and today he noticed a doozy from the Giuliani campaign: “i wish someone from my campaign would actually use this,” “Giuliani” Twittered about an hour ago!