Portfolio’s Jeff Bercovici writes that John Edwards scored a win with a Fox News focus group last night, despite the fact the candidate for President hasn’t been a guest on FNC since January 23, 2007. Edwards made waves again in March when he dropped out of a Democratic debate scheduled to air on FNC.
Bercovici writes, “shortly after last night’s Democratic debate on MSNBC, Eric Schultz, Edwards’s national press secretary, sent out an email blast to reporters touting the results of a Frank Luntz focus group conducted on Fox. Schultz’s email follows.”
From: Eric Schultz
Subject: Frank Luntz Focus Group of Undecided Nevada Voters: EDWARDS WINNER
Edwards Declared the Winner by a Focus Group of Undecided Nevada Voters. On Fox News, Frank Luntz’ focus group from Las Vegas of thirty undecided Nevada Democrats declared Edwards the winner. Luntz:
“How many of you thought John Edwards won?” [1/2 crowd raises hand]
“How many of you came in supporting Senator Edwards?” [About 3 people raise hand]
“On issue after issue, we’re going to show this to you tomorrow night, his language actually scored better than Senator Clinton and Senator Obama.” [Fox News, 1/15/08]