Insta polls show edwards wins vice presidential debate (xinhuanet..China)

[henslee]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Instant polls by several news websites showed Democratic Senator Edwards was the winner of Tuesday night's US vice presidential debate.

About one hour after the debate was over, the Democratic vice presidential nominee was regarded in an instant survey by CBSNEWS.com as the winner by 77 percent of respondents, while only 21 percent chose Vice President Dick Cheney as the winner.

A poll by MSNBC.com also found Edwards the winner, leading Cheney 69 percent to 31 percent.

A QuickVote by CNN.com showed Edwards was viewed as the winner by 78 percent of more than 13,000 voters, against 18 percent for Cheney, with 5 percent saying that the two were evenly matched.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/06/content_2056601.htm

[krkaufman]

1. Chuckle. I can't believe anybody reports on those ...

... stupid Internet polls. (But their doing so makes me glad I hit 'em last night.)

[Frances]

2. The way I look at the instant polls is this

They show that our side cared enough to respond.

I heard someone say that the Dems want this election more than the Republicans do.

I hope that is true. I tried to show that I want it really bad by responding to the instant polls.

[krkaufman]

3. As did I. Agreed. n/t