Clinton Pollster Dismisses Negative Poll

In response to the recent Zogby poll showing Hillary Clinton was trailing all five Republican presidential candidates, Clinton pollster Mark Penn said on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" program with Joe Scarborough on Tuesday morning:

"That was Zogby's first interactive, online poll ever. The Gallup poll that came out also yesterday showed Senator Clinton five points ahead of Giuliani and double digits ahead of some of the other possible Republican nominees, and showed that if Barack Obama were the nominee it would be dead even.

"That's a real poll. That's got 50 years of history. This is the first time Zogby has done something online. It's a meaningless poll, and really, frankly, shouldn't even be on your show."

Newsmax posts Zogby's response:

"Penn mischaracterized this latest online Zogby poll as our first interactive survey ever — a bizarre contention, since we have been developing and perfecting our Internet poll methodology for nearly a decade, and since Penn's company has been quietly requesting the results of such polls from Zogby for years...

"What is interesting is that no other campaign has made as many requests for Zogby polling data over the years than Penn has made on behalf of Clinton.

Because Mark Penn is a quality pollster himself, we chalk up his contention that our poll is 'meaningless' as a knee-jerk reaction by a campaign under pressure coming down the stretch."

So why should you care?
You should take note of this because it is standard operating procedure for the Clintons - anyone who disagrees with them needs to be silenced. There is a long history of this with Bill's campaigns and actions, and it appears that Hillary is utilizing the same tactics. Anyone who is thinking of voting for Clinton needs to understand this about her.

There's my two cents.