Jim Cooper Reacts To Talk Of Primary Challenge

12 Responses to “Jim Cooper Reacts To Talk Of Primary Challenge”

1. Bnaflyer writes
   September 28th, 2009 4:37 pm

   I guess Cooper will be returning the massive campaign contributions he is receiving from outside his district? To wit:
   New York: $316,555
   Washington DC: $249,514
   Chicago: $159,383
   San Francisco: $63,650
   Boston: $53,600

   These totals dont even include PAC contributions, of which he received more than $1 million.

   Also,for someone in public service a long time he sure is prickly when he gets challenged. Instead of attacking people for questioning his judgment, maybe he needs to explain and defend his actions, including why he can’t seem to commit to any of the current bills.

2. common sense writes
   September 28th, 2009 4:50 pm

   77% of Democrats in District 5 disapprove of Cooper’s handling of healthcare. Over 60% of the district’s members want a strong public option. Cooper opposes HR 3200 even though it’s the only bill that has made it through committee for consideration by the full house. (Actually, it’s made it through THREE committees) So, I’d say that “responding to constituents” would involve something other than reiterating talking points about the Healthy Americans Act. That’s not solving the problem. In September 2009 it’s adding to the problem.

3. TNVolunteer73 writes
   September 28th, 2009 4:56 pm

   Common Sense. That is not what the phone calls to his office are telling him.

   Sorry..

4. TNVolunteer73 writes
   September 28th, 2009 4:57 pm

   Common,

   I would like to see the link to that Poll.

5. common sense writes
   September 28th, 2009 5:10 pm

   DKos/R2k poll in mid to late August. Look up Daily Kos Jim Cooper poll on google.

6. TNVolunteer73 writes
   September 28th, 2009 5:15 pm

   DKos Polls are not reliable. sorry. There methodology has produced horrid Results.

7. TNVolunteer73 writes
   September 28th, 2009 5:21 pm

   There methodology… Does not meet cross reference Gender, Age, if they are Registered voters, Likely Voters, Race, or breakdown by party affilliation.

   This is Why Rassmussen (Republican), and Zogby are the most accurate polling services.

   Rasmussen:

   Rasmussen Reports collects data for its survey research using an automated polling methodology.

   Generally speaking, the automated survey process is identical to that of traditional, operator-assisted research firms such as Gallup, Harris, and Roper. However, automated polling systems use a single, digitally-recorded, voice to conduct the interview while traditional firms rely on phone banks, boiler rooms, and operator-assisted technology.

   For tracking surveys such as the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll or the Rasmussen Consumer Index, the automated technology insures that every respondent hears exactly the same question, from the exact same voice, asked with the exact same inflection every single time.

   All Rasmussen Reports’ survey questions are digitally recorded and fed to a calling program that determines question order, branching options, and other factors. Calls are placed to randomly-selected phone numbers through a process that insures appropriate geographic representation. Typically, calls are placed from 5 pm to 9 pm local time during the week. Saturday calls are made from 11 am to 6 pm local time and Sunday calls from 1 pm to 9 pm local time.

   After the calls are completed, the raw data is processed through a weighting program to insure that the sample reflects the overall population in terms of age, race, gender, political party, and other factors. The processing step is required because different segments of the population answer the phone in different ways. For example, women answer the phone more than men, older people are home more and answer more than younger people, and rural residents typically answer the phone more frequently than urban residents.

   For surveys of all adults, the population targets are determined by census bureau data.

   For political surveys, census bureau data provides a starting point and a series of screening questions are used to determine likely voters. The questions involve voting history, interest in the current campaign, and likely voting intentions.

   Zogby:

   SAMPLING

   The majority of telephone lists for polls and surveys are produced in the IT department at Zogby International. Vendor-supplied lists are used for regions with complicated specifications, e.g., some Congressional Districts. Customer-supplied lists are used for special projects like customer satisfaction surveys and organization membership surveys.

   Telephone lists generated in our IT department are called from the 2006 version of a nationally published set of phone CDs of listed households, ordered by telephone number. Residential (or business) addresses are selected and then coded by region, where applicable. An appropriate replicate1 is generated from this parent list, applying the replicate algorithm repeatedly with a very large parent list, e.g., all of the US.

   Acquired lists are tested for duplicates, coded for region, tested for regional coverage, and ordered by telephone, as needed.

   The resulting list is loaded into the CATI application and the randomize function within the CATI software is run to further assure a good mix for the telephone list.

   INTERVIEWING

   Interviews are conducted at Zogby International by professional interviewers trained on our computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) computer system. A policy requiring one supervisor to no more than twelve interviewers is used. The sample management module of the CATI system gives all prospective respondent households in the source telephone list the same chance of joining the sample. Regional quotas are employed to ensure adequate coverage nationwide.

   WEIGHTING
   Reported frequencies and crosstabs are weighted using the appropriate demographic profile to provide a sample that best represents the targeted population from which the sample is drawn from. The proportions comprising the demographic profile are compiled from historical exit poll data, census data, and from Zogby International survey data.

   SAMPLING ERROR

   Sampling Error, often referred to as the Margin of Error, is the percentage that survey results are likely to differ from the actual due to the size of the sample drawn. If a survey were conducted of all the members of a population, the sampling error would be zero. There are other sources of possible error in survey research such as sample design error and measurement error.

8. TNVolunteer73 writes
   September 28th, 2009 5:24 pm

   Sorry forgot to post the Dkos methodolgy.

   The Daily Kos weekly National Poll was conducted by Research 2000. A total of 2400 adults nationally were interviewed by telephone.

9. TNVolunteer73 writes
   September 28th, 2009 5:34 pm

   This is an example of Why democrats are losing favor:

   Automaker with ties to Al Gore receives $528.7 million govt loan

   WASHINGTON (AP) — Fisker Automotive, a California manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles with ties to former Vice President Al Gore Jr., will receive more than $500 million in federal loans to develop a plug-in hybrid sports car with a sticker price of nearly $90,000 and a new plug-in hybrid vehicle to be built in the United States.

   How many 90,000 cars do you think they will sell…

   Yeah $90,000… That is more than many people pay for their HOME!

10. Steve Steffens (LWC) writes
    September 28th, 2009 6:22 pm

    Poor TNVol…..

11. TNVolunteer73 writes
    September 28th, 2009 6:24 pm

    Yes I am getting 90,000 out of my Emergency fund ready to pounce on this Deal as soon as the first one rolls off the line. I just cannot wait to get my Goremobile.

12. Donna Locke writes
    September 28th, 2009 10:55 pm

    The drug makers are throwing in with the Democrats in exchange for “protections.” Did y’all miss that? Cooper fits right into that scenario.