The Washington press corps is heavily poll-driven. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's hollow victories] Reference
Her poll-driven principles and beliefs are laughable. From Wordnik.com. [No Response From Clinton - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
And the Democrats are increasingly sort of poll-driven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2007] Reference
We already had a Democratic president who was poll-driven. From Wordnik.com. [Just what will 40,000 troops accomplish? « Dating Jesus] Reference
I am so happy we are soooo poll-driven with 5 months to go. From Wordnik.com. [Polls: Obama ahead by 4 over McCain] Reference
He is the most poll-driven political person I can think of. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 24, 2002] Reference
But I wish you'd "be less poll-driven and lead the country.". From Wordnik.com. [The Audacity to Ask a Question] Reference
Reporters have become every bit as poll-driven as candidates. From Wordnik.com. [Arianna Huffington: OffTheBus: HuffPost's Citizen Journalism Project Gets A Name, and Gets Rolling] Reference
Both entered politics in middle age and neither was poll-driven. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Nolan: How Tim Russert Got His Start] Reference
Americans might follow a leader who is not fearfully poll-driven. From Wordnik.com. [Bloomberg's Knightly Ambitions] Reference
There are candidates, they say, who stances today are poll-driven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2007] Reference
Electoral politics has become a poll-driven, sound-bite enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [Finkelstein tenure case exposes the commonplace cowardice of the "responsible"] Reference
Coverage in America today, political coverage, is very poll-driven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: Korean War Story Under Hostile Fire; Are the Media Giving Rick Lazio an Easy Ride? - June 4, 2000] Reference
"We've had enough of ... triangulation and poll-driven politics," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Criticizes "Triangulation" -- Did He Go After Bill?] Reference
We were discussing earlier how poll-driven the media sometimes tend to be. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2006] Reference
Dewey is very -- one of the first candidates who is a poll-driven candidate. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election] Reference
So much of our politics now is poll-driven and focus grouped and calculated. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2009] Reference
But one of the things that I'm really struck by is how poll-driven we have become. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2008] Reference
Hartman's "Assignment America" is a poll-driven segment for a poll-driven society. From Wordnik.com. [Courage, Katie!] Reference
But instead of poll-driven calculation, he demonstrated courage and sound judgment. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Sedaei: The Real Fairytale In This Campaign] Reference
There are few tax cuts we don't like, but this one smacks of poll-driven gimmickry. From Wordnik.com. [McCain-omics] Reference
Whether that is a poll-driven message or a pang of conscience, it may help ... a bit. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Abrams: McCain, Media & Meltdown: A Witches' Brew for Election Violence] Reference
They know that the military situation in Iraq cannot, and should not, be poll-driven. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Public Overwhelmingly Wanted Withdrawal Timetables] Reference
The poll-driven among us might say, "Oh no, health care isn't testing well in this district.". From Wordnik.com. [Spencer Critchley: What If Democrats Could Just Say What They Believe?] Reference
She is poll-driven, and too willing to mortgage her own beliefs to capture the ineffable center. From Wordnik.com. [Time Poll: Obama The Stronger Dem Against McCain] Reference
But it's all poll-driven, and that's my problem with the Democratic plans that are all evolving. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
One couple's poll-driven wedding Web site got more than 7,000 page views, averaging 35 per invitee. From Wordnik.com. [iDo] Reference
Hence the new, poll-driven concern about ensuring that health reform doesn't "raise the cost curve.". From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Moon and Health Reform] Reference
Vilsak's initial response was in keeping with the behavior of a poll-driven, afraid-of-the-right pol. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley Sherrod and the White House's true colors] Reference
There was never a more poll-driven, narrowly targetted voter demographic driven election in our history. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberal convention’s undeclared star attraction - John Geddes - Macleans.ca] Reference
I believe that Gore and Kerry both lost by being poll-driven and trying to appeal to the mythological center. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Ad Levels Harsh Criticism At Obama On Multiple Fronts] Reference
These were not poll-driven incremental things like Clinton did to win points in an intractable political environment. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen C. Rose: Fourteen Changes Barack Obama Could Make in His First 30 Days] Reference
Leadership however defined, a set of core values which are not poll-driven, and judgment seem to me the most important. From Wordnik.com. ["He portrayed his campaign as a job application for president" with "ads that showed a bored interviewer unimpressed with his dazzling resume."] Reference
In our poll-driven political climate, dominated by blow-dried politicians with their fingers to the wind, he stands for things. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Smerconish: The Debate is Over: Santorum for Pennsylvania] Reference
He dismissed the Clinton style of campaigning and governing, saying "Triangulating and poll-driven positions ... just won't do.". From Wordnik.com. [Why Hillary Won] Reference
(And the media, it must be said, will be shamed for its poll-driven reporting that showed virtually no path to a McCain victory.). From Wordnik.com. [The World Hopes for Its First President] Reference
What Penn reinforced was the perception of Clinton as a mercenary political opportunist, a divider, and poll-driven political calculator. From Wordnik.com. [Axelrod: It's "Kind Of Stunning" That Penn No Longer Is Hillary's Guru] Reference
America desperately needs good, honest people in office, not poll-driven, ruthless automatons who change their positions with the seasons. From Wordnik.com. [The O'Reilly Factor]
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