You know how we're maybe always a step behind the terrorists? They hijack airplanes with box cutters, so we outlaw boxcutters and knives on airplanes. They try to ignite their shoe, so we now have to remove our shoes to board. They bring liquid components for a bomb on board, so we're restricted on the amount of shampoo we can take with us on vacation.
Well, it may be like that for the Democrats in this election. Karl Rove and the Republicans had effectively gotten out the vote in recent elections by muscular telephoning strategies, so now the Democrats are doing it too.
But sort of like the terrorists, the Republicans are using something new this time, something called "push polls," where they have computers call people pretending to be conducting a poll, but the questions are really carefully designed to influence the way the listener votes.
It's reported by Christopher Drew in today's New York Times ("New Telemarketing Ploy Steers Voters on Republican Path").
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