Matt Towery's blog

Wasted days and wasted nights: The coming presidential conventions

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:49:14 -0400

Thanks to the timing of this year’s Olympic games, the Democrats and the Republicans will be holding their presidential nominating conventions back to back. So by the time their staged, silly goings-on are over, the voters will have less than two months to properly vet John McCain and Barack Obama.

A book you should “Reed”

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:50:56 -0400

Does any of this sound familiar? A Democratic presidential nomination is essentially taken away from a candidate because of a fight over delegates’ credentials at a national nominating convention.

There’s more than one kind of discrimination

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:07:12 -0400

OK, let me get this out first. Do I think it’s still tough being an African-American? Absolutely. I’m not naïve. Things aren’t nearly as troublesome for American blacks as they were, say, back in the 1940s and ‘50s. But there are sure plenty of prejudices and other barriers, mostly economic, that remain for people in the United States who happen to enter the world with certain skin pigmentations. Heartbreaking and absurd, yes, but true.

Delta deal not riding so high in its own hometown

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:26:24 -0400

ATLANTA — Residents of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Memphis and dozens of other cities around the nation who are opposed to the merger of Atlanta-based Delta Airlines with Northwest Airlines may be shocked to learn that less than 50 percent of Georgians are supportive of the proposal. Delta is based in Atlanta.

Pitifully biased media stung again by Clinton win in Pennsylvania

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:52:58 -0400

As our InsiderAdvantage polling showed over the past week, there was never any doubt that Hillary Clinton would win the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary by a margin of between 7 and 10 points.

Will McCain be given the Bob Dole treatment?

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:31:43 -0400

As Hillary Clinton starts to fade away, or so it appears, John McCain faces both new obstacles and opportunities in his quest for the White House. The question is, will he be “helped” in the same way Bob Dole was in 1996?

The most dangerous topic: Race

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:30:52 -0400

As a pollster, I truly don’t care who wins the presidency. I can’t allow myself to do that. This makes my former Republican colleagues angry and Democrats suspicious.

Is a do-nothing Congress worth steroid hearings?

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:21:26 -0500

For every conservative who is irritated that illegal immigration has never really been addressed ...

For every liberal who can’t understand why the big oil companies and their unbelievable profits haven’t been reigned in, or forced to accelerate development of new refineries or energy alternatives ...

The unmaking of the American Presidency

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:20:13 -0500

Last Tuesday night’s results from Florida in both the Democratic and Republican Party presidential primaries were what I expected, and then some.

Race and religion heat up two Southern primary battles

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:30:14 -0500

I’ve got to hand it to Barack Obama. His team managed to take mangled words from Bill and Hillary Clinton and create an explosive racial divide just in time for some major Southern primaries. I’ll get back to that in a bit.

Live from New Hampshire: National media prove they’re completely out of touch

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:20:26 -0500

We finally have conclusive evidence that the national TV networks are completely out of touch with reality. Let me share with you exactly how a series of events led to their inevitable conclusion that Barack Obama was a cinch to win the New Hampshire Democratic Primary, which he didn’t. Hillary Clinton won.

Give me back my party

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:20:55 -0500

When I started both this column and our now nine-year-old polling and political electronic news firm, I swore off partisan politics. I don’t campaign for candidates and don’t really care who wins any particular race. I have to treat politicians like a proctologist treats, well, nevermind ...

Could GOP’s next VP come from land of Gators, Bulldogs or Longhorns?

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:04:32 -0400

This weekend the growing, dynamic city of Jacksonville, Fla., will host what is crudely called “The World’s Largest Cocktail Party.”

New Survey: "Religious Conservatives" A Shrinking Influence Among Voters

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:26:24 -0400

A new survey of the five states that will hold caucuses or primaries prior to February's "Tsunami Tuesday" indicates the so-called "religious right" is a shrinking force among Republicans who say they will vote in their states' presidential primaries.

Is Fred for real?

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:21:01 -0400

Devotees of this column will hopefully give us a little “gold star” for having caught wind of the “Draft Fred Thompson” movement long before most media knew of it.