Oh me, oh my! The poll alluded to earlier this week, of Montgomery County commissioners, done at the request of county Attorney General Bruce Castor has been released, or at least leaked. See the full results at PoliticsPA.
Republican County Commissioner Jim Mathews has a favorable rating of 21.1%, with 38.2% having no opinion and 36.4% never having heard of him. Ouch!! He just ran for lieutenant governor on the ticket with Lynn Swann. Fellow Republic commissioner Tom Ellis has a 10.1% favorable rating, 36.7% have no opinion and 50% have never heard of him. Lone Democrat Ruth Damsker has a 12.1% favorable rating, with 32.4% having no opinion and 52% have never heard of her. Yowza!!!! That is not good.
Even worse, of those polled 51.8% said they would be less likely to vote for Ellis if they knew about a protection from abuse order filed against him in recent years.
Castor, by comparison, comes up roses. 44.2% have a favorable opinion of him, 27.5% have no opinion and only 20.8% have never heard of him.
Castor held a meeting for GOP officials to show them the poll results. Going by this memo, it sounds like Ellis, the county party chair, and a (if not the) primary party power broker skipped the meeting.
The poll's methodology was not included in the information provided. McLaughlin & Associates conducted the poll.
I say it again, oh me, oh my!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Bruce Almighty
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Hmm, only reason I know who Jim Matthews is, besides the LT Gov thing, is because hes Chris Matthews brother.
It's got to be scary for an elected official when the primary two reasons why people know you have nothing to do with you or your abilities. Being Swann's running mate and Chris's brother might not help much in the voting booth. BTW, I saw Chris M. out campaigning for Jim when he first ran for office. I was in a train as it went past a station they were at. Chris looked very nervous. Maybe he isn't used to mixing with the hoi polloi?
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