David Patten begins his Aug. 28 Newsmax article by claiming: “The economy is so dismal that President Barack Obama will have to re-write the political history books if he hopes to win re-election, political strategists say.” But Patten then misleads about the political affiliations of those “political strategists” — actually, two pollsters.
Patten describes Matt Towery as “CEO of the nonpartisan InsiderAdvantage polling company.” But Towery’s bio makes his political affiliation quite clear:
Matt Towery has served as campaign chairman for Newt Gingrich and chief strategist for numerous national political campaigns. He is known for his bipartisanship. Matt Towery became the first and only Republican to preside over the Democratically controlled Georgia House prior to leaving politics in 1997.
A steady Republican with bipartisan leanings does not a “nonpartisan” pollster make.
Patten then describes his other source, Doug Schoen, as a “Democratic pollster and Fox News contributor.” The latter affilation is more important than the former. Schoen has a ,long record of trashing Obama — and he’s holding fundraisers for Republicans — so he appears to be less of a loyal Democrat than Towery is a loyal Republcan.
Yet Schoen got the partisan label and Towery didn’t. Funny how that works, isn’t it?