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Fox Focus Group Unspun: Full Video and Hand Counts

Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 04:54:00 PM PDT

The top recommended diary at the moment is a very optimistic and positive take on a single candidate's performance in today's Democratic debate. I applaud it's optimism. I do not however applaud its use of selective editing to come to rather unlikely conclusions.

Avoiding any spin for one candidate or another, I just want to present the evidence and let this community make come to its own conclusions.

Here is the full, unexpurgated video of the Luntz focus group segment of 29 undecided Iowans featured on Fox News:

And here is the actual tally of all questions and hand counts:

How many of you thought [Edwards, Obama, Clinton] won the debate?

Edwards - 10
Obama - 11
Clinton - 2
Didn't raise hand - 6

How many of you plan to caucus for [Edwards, Obama, Clinton] on Jan. 3?

Edwards - 7
Obama - 13
Clinton - 5
Didn't raise hand - 4

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