When will pundits realize that public opinion itself is basically irrevelant to legislators- what matters is MOBILIZED public opinion.
@tishaura @jeffsmithmo I'm not even thinking DC here, totally thinking #MOLeg. 2k people were there for Medicaid and lawmakers talked guns.
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@JeffSmithMO@eyokley 2 yrs ago, I got a bunch of msgs about puppy mills, none from my voters. So I contacted them to ask their opinion.
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@eyokley@tishaura@jeffsmithmo the media is the same way, major break on Dor case most media want to talk Medicaid -
@scottfaughn is that why the media asked Gov Nixon a question about DOR at the press avail after the Medicaid rally last week? -
@aliemalie oh it goes all sorts of ways, it isn't an issue thing it's that often public sentiment doesn't affect news coverage either
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