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Friday, March 31, 2006
Hurricanes can help your numbers
Mississippi senators viewed in better light than their Southern peers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We’re not sure how much worth there is in a survey which rates the job approval of all 100 U.S. senators, since no amont of data could convince most of them they’re not at the top.
But an outfit called Survey USA puts out a tally every month, based on recent polls in all the states, and we couldn’t help noticing that the South’s most popular senators, coming in the 10th and 11th slots nationally, are Mississippi’s Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. That’s far ahead of Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, who come in 71st and 77th in this survey.
Lott and Cochran’s favorables have something to do, we assume, with the relatively good Katrina relief deal they were able to get through Congress right before Christmas last year. Relative to Louisiana, that is: Sen. David Vitter, still with a little first-term sheen, ranked 33rd, and Sen. Mary Landrieu was in 80th place.
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A Ralph Reed sampler
As Dr. Hook said, there's a special thrill that'll getcha when you get your picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
At some point, someone will have to find a way to measure the impact of all of these national articles being written on Ralph Reed and his campaign for lieutenant governor of Georgia. This week, it was Rolling Stone, for the hip, musically inclined, and the Nation, for the vaguely elite and liberal. Then there’s World magazine, for the devotedly evangelical.
Yes, the circulation of these three national mags in Georgia is limited. But the Internet is the Internet.
Read, digest and argue. And have a sterling weekend.
