Where are all those Fox News independents?

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Daily Kos Staff

Thursday August 07, 2008 · 3:55 PM PDT

2008/08/07 · 15:55

Not surprising.

Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Fox News viewers say they are likely to vote for John McCain, while those who watch CNN and MSNBC plan to support Barack Obama in November by more than two to one.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 65% of CNN voters plan to vote for the Democratic candidate versus 26% who intend to go for the Republican. Similarly, MSNBC watchers plan to vote for Obama over McCain 63% to 30%.

Only nine percent of those who watch Fox News say they will vote for Obama.

But we'll have plenty of Democratic concern trolls like Harold Ford, Lanny Davis, Harold Wolfson, and Geraldine Ferraro tell us how important it is for Democrats to go on Fox to reach their "independents".

There is no such thing. Fox News viewers broke for Bush over Kerry in 2004 by a 88-7 margin, so clearly, not much has changed in four years.

Alan Colmes may not like the fact that he's being used as a token liberal in the GOP's official propaganda outlet, but the numbers are quite clear.

Of course, there's one other explanation for the stark numbers -- that Alan Colmes totally sucks at his job. But I don't think that's it. Fox News is what it is, no matter what its token, cover-providing liberals do or say.

Where are all those Fox News independents?

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