Demoralized … Except for Pollsters!

Published September 7, 2012 5:01pm ET



Pollsters are in hot demand and may be the only class of people prospering in this economy. With business booming, it appears they have looked for new marketing tools to include “micro-targeting.” All the better to tell us what we already knew.

During an event hosted by National Journal/Atlantic … Democratic pollster Celinda Lake cited an “enthusiasm gap” with younger voters and unmarried women and seniors. Former Clinton aide Maria Echaveste said that “too many [Obama supporters] are not engaged.” And micro-targeting expert Laura Quinn said younger voters especially are “not motivated as they need be.”

These are demoralizing times and the gloom seems to have touched even the president whose mood last night was about as somber as you could expect under the circumstances (he already knew about today’s jobs numbers) unless he had prepared a speech that began with, “I choose not to run …”

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