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2nd UPDATE: The Davis campaign confimed that they did not commission this poll. The AL GOP says they're innocent as well, but can't speak for individual candidates. Waiting to hear on some other inquiries. 
Only in Alabama would receiving a merit scholarship to Harvard University be a negative asset in a gubernatorial campaign. Which Alabama candidate for governor is push polling message testing with a poll that harps on Harvard? Yes! I got polled last night and what an interesting "poll" it was. First, it didn't come from any sort of political polling polling firm, but from this number - 712-941-2323 - that appears to be a market research firm in Iowa. Second, many of the questions lacked a "neutral" or "don't know" option in the answers allowed, which made me question its legitimacy as an opinion poll. But the biggest questions are these: "Is someone planning to run against Harvard University instead of Artur Davis?" "If so, is it Ron Sparks or the GOP getting ready for the general?" I'm not kidding about the Harvard part. There were at least 5 questions, probably more, wanting my opinion of Harvard and its graduates. Then there were the questions of what I think about the Southern Poverty Law Center and ACLU. I kept waiting to be asked if I thought a "pointy headed intellectual" or "outside agitator" could be elected in Alabama. The questions I remember are below the fold.
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