Was Clinton’s interview with Mike Chris Wallace good or bad?

Posted on September 27, 2006 by | 5 Comments

Opinions are split.
Matt Nisbett think it is bad here, here and here.
Sara Robinson thinks it was good here and here.
Although I have no great love for Bill Clinton, I am siding with Sara here (read her posts to see why), just on gut feeling. But also, check out this AOL poll (never known to be a bastion of liberalism):
Who do you find more convincing?
Clinton 62%
Rice 38%
Total Votes: 67,769
Do you blame either administration for failing to prevent 9/11?
Yes, the Bush administration 39%
Yes, the Clinton administration 22%
Yes, both administrations 22%
No 16%
Total Votes: 69,827
What’s your impression of Clinton in this interview?
Mostly positive 62%
Mostly negative 38%
Total Votes: 45,960
What’s your impression of Wallace in this interview?
Mostly negative 61%
Mostly positive 39%
Total Votes: 44,447
How fairly do you think journalists treat politicians?
Somewhat 52%
Not at all 40%
Very 8%
Total Votes: 42,719
How fairly do you think politicians treat journalists?
Somewhat 60%
Not at all 23%
Very 17%
Total Votes: 42,332
This suggests that Sara is more right than Matt, methinks.

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5 responses to “Was Clinton’s interview with Mike Chris Wallace good or bad?”

  1. Dirk's avatar Dirk | September 27, 2006 at 9:53 am |

    Just a correction: the journalist was named Chris Wallace, not Mike.

  2. MarkP's avatar MarkP | September 27, 2006 at 12:15 pm |

    The key figure in these polls is 38%:
    38% found Rice more convincing.
    38% viewed Clinton negatively.
    38% (plus 1% from Florida that punched the wrong chad) saw Wallace favorably.
    And the cous de grax, 38% (the 22% that blame Clinton + the 16% that blame neither) do NOT blame Bush for 9/11.
    So what this poll tells us is that 38% of the population and voters are going to support Bush and the Republicans no matter what. And that’s 100% scary.

  3. coturnix's avatar coturnix | September 27, 2006 at 1:34 pm |

    Those are th 38% if “hard authoritarians’ that we will never ever woe to our side so trying to appease them is useless. Read Sara’s series on how to woe “soft authoritarians” instead.

  4. coturnix's avatar coturnix | September 27, 2006 at 1:45 pm |

    All of today’s posts were written and scheduled late last night, hence the errors….sorry.

  5. Left_Wing_Fox's avatar Left_Wing_Fox | September 27, 2006 at 3:42 pm |

    That number is also roughly equal to Bush’s Approval ratings for the past year or so. The hard base was predicted at 27% at Kung-Fu Monkey a while back, and I think it holds up.