Looking over the finally-provided cross tabs on the CRC Scam poll.

First, here was my prediction:

See, here's a brief look at the possible outcomes:

1.  It comes back "the people hate it."

Does anyone believe for one moment that these clowns are going to change their positions?

Of course not.

When a position is based on an agenda and their every effort has been to denigrate and belittle those opposed to that agenda, what are chances that any of this will make any difference?

Something less than zero.

They'll excuse it.  They might not even print it.  Or, they'll cherry-pick it.

They'll put out the parts they like and sit on the parts they don't like.

But it will change absolutely nothing with these clowns.

2.  It'll come back roughly even.

If the poll shows that their position is supported by even ONE person, these people will act like it's a crushing defeat of the anti-side.

If the poll comes back where the anti-side wins narrowly, this rag will find any way possible to claim it's ahem, you guessed it, as a crushing defeat for the anti-side.

3.  It comes back "the people love it."

As unlikely as any honest poll will return such a result is, you can then expect a massive, full court press against the legislators fighting this rip off to get them to change their minds, much like the massive, full court press going on in Olympia now.

The problem is one of credibility: this newspaper has lied about so many things they wanted... from the Pollard Hilton, to the Ballpark Scam, to the CRC rip off... that how can they be believed no matter WHAT their per-ordained findings are?

Tidbits the rag left out include those I addressed in #1, above:  The people hate it:

here's one I haven't seen anywhere:

12.1 NEW I-5 BRIDGE VS. 3RD BRIDGE.

New I-5 Bridge:   153

Third Bridge:   164

Odd that.  We're told all about the other stuff, particularly when it goes the democratians way.

But this tidbit, where more people want an additional bridge than want the laughingly refer to "locally preferred option" seems to have fallen off their radar screen.

This, combined with the 87% who want a vote 

11.1 SHOULD CLARK CO. RESIDENTS BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON COL. RIV. CROSSING?

Total yes, shld be:   350

Total no, shld not be:  41

(That we're also not hearing about) on this should cause this project to be burned to the ground.

Note that this poll did NOT include just registered voters: any adult could have responded, and 13% of the respondensts, in fact, were not registered to vote, coincidentally, almost exactly the same figures of those who would demand a county-wide vote.

17.1 Are you registered to vote in Clark County, or not?

No/don't know:   51 (13%)

Yes                    340  (87%)

Those babbling about Washougal taking a position would be wise to understand this:

2.1 SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING?

tot.support:  5 (29%)

tot. oppose: 12 (71%)

This is the result of the polling that took place within the Washougal zip code (98671).

Just sayin'.