A straw poll conducted at the Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert rally on the mall in Washington D.C. Saturday found that 86 percent of those surveyed plan to vote Democratic on Tuesday busting the mainstream media myth that the rally was appealing to the center of the political spectrum.

The poll which  was conducted for USAction a left wing organization by Celinda Lake Partners also found that despite the overwhelming number of respondents that planned to vote for the Democrats on Tuesday that only one in four was more enthusiastic about voting compared to 2008.

On the question of what should President Obama’s priorities should be 41 percent listed job creation, versus  just 18 percent for education, 17 percent for energy and environment, 13 percent for ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and 11 percent for health care.

Finally of those polled 90 percent approved of the president with 56 percent strongly approving of him which is a far cry from his nationwide poll numbers which have sunk precipitously since his inauguration.

Those are the kind of numbers Obama and the Democrats need tomorrow but are unlikely to get showing the very partisan nature of the rally.

Stewart said this was supposed to be political in nature but the signs that appeared at the rally, the efforts by Organizing for America and other left wing groups that support the Democrats and the above poll numbers show that this was nothing else but a thinly veiled attempt to drum up support for the liberals in Congress just days before the election.

As can be expected the mainstream media ignored the politicization of the rally and focused only on the entertainment aspects of the day giving viewers and readers yet another skewed view through their biased lens.

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