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Why The Fox News Primary Is Such A Debacle

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The precarious state of the Republican primary season continues to draw much media chatter, as the party faithful seem to lurch from one imploding candidate to the next. Now, with Clinton-era player Newt Gingrich suddenly vaulting to the top of the polls, even conservatives are acknowledging what a wreck the season may turn out to be. Today, CNN's Erick Erickson posted a lament at RedState today about the possible GOP "suicide pact" that's emerging as voters in Iowa prepare to cast ballots in three weeks.

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Here's why Fox News is to blame. From a Yahoo News report this month [emphasis added]:

Recent polling data indicates that while the president suffers from significantly low job approval ratings, voters still give "high approval" to Obama personally, Thompson said.

Voters "don't think he's an evil man who's out to change the United States" for the worse--even though many of the same survey respondents agree that his policies have harmed the country, [Nicholas] Thompson said. The upshot, Thompson stressed, is that Republicans should "exercise some caution" when talking about the president personally.

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