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Luntz's straight talk
Frank Luntz, kicking off an RGA panel session looking back at '08, promised candor -- and then delivered. "I understand how Dr. Kevorkian feels at an AARP convention," Luntz proclaimed at the top of his presentation to a darkened and quiet ballroom of ...
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Frank Luntz to John McCain - GO AWAY OLD MAN
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... GOP pollster and pundit Frank Luntz had a few choice observations/comments at today’s Republican Governor confab in Miami. Noting that Obama has an email list of 10 million voters, Luntz said that coalition “makes him and his supporters the most powerful special interest group in all of America.” “He’s got 10 million names and our candidate doesn’t know how to use this,” Luntz continues, holding up his BlackBerry in the air.  “There is a problem there.” “Stevie Wonder reads a ...

Luntz: Congressional GOP Leadership Should Not Be ‘Reappointed’ After ’06 And ’08 Losses
Think Progress — ... Luntz’ comments to ThinkProgress weren’t the only harsh words he had for the GOP at the RGA meeting. “I understand how Dr. Kevorkian feels at an AARP convention,” Luntz declared at a ...

McCain pollster: You know who I’d like to beat with a hammer? Frank Luntz
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... — but let’s not spoil a good throwdown with rhetorical niceties. In Luntz’s defense, his aim with the Republican governors wasn’t to gratuitously goof on Maverick but to use his inexperience with computers as a metaphor for the huge advantage Team Barry had over Team McCain on the ‘Net. Quote : Noting that Obama has an e-mail list of 10 million voters, Luntz said that coalition “makes him and his supporters the most powerful special interest group in all of America.” “He’s got 10 million names and our candidate doesn’t know how to use this,” Luntz continued, holding up his ...

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