The Penn & Schoen poll will be announcing its latest opinion poll with 1200 interviews with a margin of 3% diff. showing that Leonel Fernandez would run away with the May 2003 elections if it takes place today. Fernandez would get 58% no matter what PRD candidate runs, be it Hippo, Milagros Bosch or Fello Subervi. The PRSC with the wolfman Estrella is not a factor at about 14-16%. Fernandez would win in the first run without need of a run off, but if it would be necessary, Fernandez would get 64% in a run-off. Most of the PRSC is in Leonel territory now.
The Penn & Schoen brought its own President to make the announcement and the key factor for this is the fact that El Caribe newspaper, which is owned by the Popular Group, belonging to Banco Popular did not extend a contract to Penn 6 Schoen or did not commission this polling firm, as it had done in the past, when Bernardo Vega was president of El Caribe. Vega left El Caribe and since he was a representative of Penn & Schoen, both were left out of El Caribe. Mr. Schoen indicated that he was commissioned by unknown business people to poll the election and keep their names confidential.
My own inpression of this whole deal is that the Popular Group headed by PPH front man Alejandro Grullon and his son, President of Banco Popular did not want Penn & Schoen to conduct a poll at this time because it would clearly show the unpopularity of Hipolito Mejia which carries thru a heavy coattail to the other PRD candidates and the PRD party. Knowing full well what the poll would show at this time, the Grullons fired Penn & Schoen and made life impossible for Vega. The Grullons, the financial brains behind the PPH could not find a way to reduce the damage and tried this. But it backfired and now the poll is out. So is Hipolito, if the elections were held today.
It seems to me that both the largest bank in DR and the largest communications group in DR which is promoting a dumb campaign called "Pa *Alante" which is specially designed for the PPH and was created to look like a political campaign ad, with workers campaigning in the streets and distributing flyers, has not been enough to help the bald asshole we have in the hot chair. This Pa*lante campaign was a follow up of the Hippo slogan "Cuidemos nuestro pais", which was turned into a campaign ad now running.
The arrogance turned into desperation of the PPH has forced Hippo into turning an official ad of the CDE into a political ad promoting the re-election of the bald wonder. This is the only time in our history where an ad for an official department of the government is used directly for a political campaign. Listin Diario, El Expresso and dozens of TV and radio stations have been taken over by Eligio Jaquez, Guido Gomez Mazara(the man without a U.S. visa) to push Hippo with little success. They have forced other stations to fire Hippo critics like Asela Lamarche, Julio Martinez P. and others, who have turned to internet pages to continue thier work.
Regardless, Hippo has to steal the election or direct a coup d*etat to return to power next August. A legal election without fraud would fire his ass in any scenario.
TW
The Penn & Schoen brought its own President to make the announcement and the key factor for this is the fact that El Caribe newspaper, which is owned by the Popular Group, belonging to Banco Popular did not extend a contract to Penn 6 Schoen or did not commission this polling firm, as it had done in the past, when Bernardo Vega was president of El Caribe. Vega left El Caribe and since he was a representative of Penn & Schoen, both were left out of El Caribe. Mr. Schoen indicated that he was commissioned by unknown business people to poll the election and keep their names confidential.
My own inpression of this whole deal is that the Popular Group headed by PPH front man Alejandro Grullon and his son, President of Banco Popular did not want Penn & Schoen to conduct a poll at this time because it would clearly show the unpopularity of Hipolito Mejia which carries thru a heavy coattail to the other PRD candidates and the PRD party. Knowing full well what the poll would show at this time, the Grullons fired Penn & Schoen and made life impossible for Vega. The Grullons, the financial brains behind the PPH could not find a way to reduce the damage and tried this. But it backfired and now the poll is out. So is Hipolito, if the elections were held today.
It seems to me that both the largest bank in DR and the largest communications group in DR which is promoting a dumb campaign called "Pa *Alante" which is specially designed for the PPH and was created to look like a political campaign ad, with workers campaigning in the streets and distributing flyers, has not been enough to help the bald asshole we have in the hot chair. This Pa*lante campaign was a follow up of the Hippo slogan "Cuidemos nuestro pais", which was turned into a campaign ad now running.
The arrogance turned into desperation of the PPH has forced Hippo into turning an official ad of the CDE into a political ad promoting the re-election of the bald wonder. This is the only time in our history where an ad for an official department of the government is used directly for a political campaign. Listin Diario, El Expresso and dozens of TV and radio stations have been taken over by Eligio Jaquez, Guido Gomez Mazara(the man without a U.S. visa) to push Hippo with little success. They have forced other stations to fire Hippo critics like Asela Lamarche, Julio Martinez P. and others, who have turned to internet pages to continue thier work.
Regardless, Hippo has to steal the election or direct a coup d*etat to return to power next August. A legal election without fraud would fire his ass in any scenario.
TW