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Drew Ryun:
Current Executive Director for the American Majority of Texas and Oklahoma (www.AmericanMajority.org), Drew Ryun recently served as Director of Government Affairs for the American Center for Law and Justice in Washington, DC as well as Main Representative for the European Center for Law and Justice at the United Nations in New York City.
A twice-published author, Drew has appeared frequently as host and co-host of Jay Sekulow Live, a nationally syndicated radio show with 2 million listeners. A former Deputy Director in the political division at the Republican National Committee during the 2004 election cycle, Drew has played a key role in organizing grassroots activities for House, Senate and Presidential campaigns.
Currently residing in San Antonio, TX, Drew and his wife Becca direct the Jim Ryun Running Camps every summer (www.ryunrunning.com) and are the parents of two daughters, Skye and Lily.
A former scholarship runner at the University of Kansas, Drew graduated cum laude with majors in History and English in May of 2000.
The views expressed on this blog are solely those held by Drew Ryun and do not necessarily represent the views of his current or previous employers.
Don’t believe the numbers
So a recent poll was conducted by Public Opinion Strategies (Arlen Specter’s old polling firm) in the Pennsylvania Senate race. It was a bald attempt to get former governor, Tom Ridge, into the primary against Pat Toomey.
According to POS, Ridge leads Toomey by almost 40 points in the hypothetical matchup. I find that very, very hard to believe for two reasons.
Ridge and Specter are the same political animal and if Toomey was leading Specter by 20 points a few weeks ago, there is no way he is losing to Ridge by 40. That’s just stupid math done by someone with an agenda.
Two, I have seen POS up close. In fact, they did the polling for my dad’s run to recapture his old House seat in 2008. A week before his primary, POS had him up by 15+ points. He lost.
So at best, POS is a polling firm driven by an agenda (or by the highest bidder). Or they are getting worse and worse at what good pollsters are supposed to do-give accurate information.
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