"blue/green-excluding" opinion polls

The DPP and KMT are both planning on conducting opinion polls as part of the process of nominating legislators, and the DPP is also going to do one for picking a presidential nominee. And some people are suggesting that the opinion poll should only pool from loyal green or blue voters (depending on your team).

Presidential hopeful Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) has said that he favors a "blue-excluding" poll for the legislative seats, but not for the presidential election. He also tried to express his calm and said he'll just look at everything in a normal light.

It looks like the DPP is leaning toward using blue-excluding polls for both elections. I don't see the point of this exercise. It would seem to be the kind of thing that would strengthen the hand of the hard-liners and weaken the standings of the moderates, which is exactly the opposite of what you need to win the election overall.

The decision should be made by tomorrow. And remember, next week Mon-Fri is the registration for the DPP legislative seats. So a lot will be happening then.

排藍民調領先 謝長廷:以平常心看待

（中央社記者吳哲豪彰化縣七日電）前行政院長謝長廷今天上午在彰化縣彰濱工業區線西區，舉辦「台灣維新-參選理念說明會」。他說，民調數字時時在變，要時時刻刻尊重人民的意見，才能維持領先；對於民調領先，他以平常心看待。他支持立委提名以排藍民調決定人選；但總統大選，他自己是當事人因此持開放立場。

總統盼民進黨中常會明暫緩處理總統初選民調
　

（中央社記者溫貴香、林怡君、李明宗台北六日電）總統府副秘書長陳其邁今天表示，總統陳水扁與十五位民進黨籍立委會面，總統希望民進黨明天中常會先處理立委選舉過濾式排藍民調，總統初選民調暫緩處理，讓他有時間與黨內四位候選人先協調。