Newly Identified Group of 'Attentive Elites' Believe President and Congress
Have Flawed View of Real World

WASHINGTON, A new survey of 1,000 adults
nationwide, released today by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Public Affairs and RT
Strategies, identifies a new subset of Americans, the "Attentive Elites," who
believe, among other things, that President Bush and Congress are disconnected
from how dramatically the real world has changed.
Additionally, these elites see opportunity in the telecommunications
advances; yet, many still have concerns about the lack of response to
telecommunications innovation and the threat of new technologies that may pose
a risk to America's telecommunications infrastructure systems.

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This group would like to see the changes
in the real world telecommunications marketplace reflected in some form of new
regulatory scheme that either regulates all companies providing services or
substantially reduces regulation in this area in order to promote greater
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"Betty's strong conservative record is the reason for her success
tonight," Madison County Party Chairman Pete Kitchen said after the
endorsement vote.
Among some of the most compelling results of the poll, conducted January
22-25, 2006 with a margin of error +/- 3. discussion and
debate around the rewrite of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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Attentive Elites, which make up 15 percent of all adults, are registered
to vote, college educated Americans who closely follow national politics or
Washington, D., this poll attempts to step back and
capture widespread views from Americans on some of the more salient issues,"
said Torod Neptune, senior vice president and U. Public Affairs Practice
Leader for Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. "We've taken a look at the issues that
really matter to business leaders to capture a real world picture of what they
expect from their representatives in Washington.WaggenerEdstrom.

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Other Madison County supporters praised Montgomery's strength on the
issues facing Ohio, including:
* Laying out her vision to attract more jobs, help more young Ohioans
afford college, and encourage recent college graduates to stay here as
they begin their career. is going to
move the country forward on these issues," said Thomas Riehle, partner, RT
Strategies.

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* Helping to draft and later defend Ohio's Megan's Law to track sexual
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Within just weeks, two other Republican stronghold
counties -- Wood and Summit -- offered their unanimous endorsements of
Montgomery.
Additional findings include:

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-- 58 percent of General Voters feels the White House and Congress are
falling short of expectations; and,
-- 35 percent of All Adults feel the White House and Congress are doing
as well as can be expected.

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-- 48 percent of all adults approve of the job George W. "What sets this poll apart from others is that we have identified
a group of 'Attentive Elite' respondents who are well-educated and follow D.

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All of these accolades further
reinforce Montgomery as the best positioned candidate to win both the
Republican Primary and General Election in 2006.

As a group, Attentive Elites are more likely
than most registered voters to be white, male, upscale, living in the
Northeast or the West Coast, and are more Republican but less conservative
than average. The
poll shows that Americans believe the country needs new rules that allow for
the regulation of services, regardless of which company offers a particular
service.

About Waggener Edstrom Worldwide:
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide provides public relations services using its
Innovation Communications methodology optimized for global organizations
impacted by innovation and change. Hart Research Associates.

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"In the context of the extraordinarily divisive political discourse over
the last month in Washington, D.S."
The poll divides all adults into three groups -- 15 percent are Attentive
Elites who follow politics and policy debates very closely; 50 percent are
General Voters who tend to pay attention to the issues closer to Election Day;
and 35 percent are Inattentives, many of whom are not registered to vote and
the rest of whom do not follow politics and policy issues much at all . Bush is doing
with regard to the War on Terrorism.

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-- 58 percent of all adults say that home fuel prices concern them a
great deal, while 62 percent of Inattentives say fuel prices concern
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The poll also found that Attentive Elites are extremely uncomfortable with
the partisan tone and tenor of discussions taking place in Washington, D.

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There is little support among Attentive Elites (19 percent) for the status
quo on telecommunications regulation.

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Yet Another Republican County Endorses Betty Montgomery for Governor

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policy issues closely and demonstrate clearly different points of view.
With the traditional divisions between content and service providers
blurring, Attentive Elites feel new competition and choice will protect
consumers now that some former technology monopolies have been breached.

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* Helping to write one of the toughest laws in America banning partial
birth abortion . Montgomery was the top vote-
getter in the 1998 and 2002 elections, outpacing both Petro and Blackwell . This is up from 42 percent in
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"Madison County is a great Republican County and I'm pleased to have their
unanimous support," Montgomery said."
Madison County , just west of Columbus, is home to a fast-growing
Republican electorate.

"What this poll really tells us is that people do not care about the
partisan policy fights, but, instead, are concerned with how D.

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the Houston-based polling firm Tarrance + Associates in 1977, which he ran
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Madison County Party Unanimously Endorses Montgomery

MADISON COUNTY, Ohio, Betty Montgomery scored yet
another unanimous endorsement in her race for Governor last night as the
Madison County Republican Party confirmed their enthusiastic support.

These county GOP endorsements for Montgomery follow the stunning
endorsement of 70% of Ohio 's GOP Sheriffs. policy issues. to
realistically comprehend how the actual world has changed.,
finding them almost exclusively focused on Democrats versus Republicans, and
Bush versus Congress.

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1 percent , are the opinions that
"Attentive Elites" have on today's overall public policy discourse:

-- 69 percent of Attentive Elites feel the White House and Congress are
falling short of expectations and should be doing a better job
responding to real world problems;
-- 70 percent of Attentive Elites believe that, in light of the
country's innovations over the last decade, the status quo regarding
technology and telecommunication regulation doesn't make sense any
longer, and they don't understand why Congress and President Bush
don't seem to understand this reality;
-- 58 percent of Attentive Elites feel the government and corporations
are unprepared to defend against the possibility of a major attack on
America's internet systems -- that is, a cyber attack designed to
shut down the computer systems of the government and/or major
corporations.C.
Overall , this group is highly dissatisfied with the inability of D.

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Founded in 1983, the agency has
nearly 600 employees with U. and T-Mobile
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About RT Strategies
RT Strategies , a bipartisan polling and strategic consulting firm was
founded in 2005 by veteran pollsters Thomas Riehle, a Democrat, and Lance
Tarrance, a Republican.

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More information may be found at http://www . Riehle was recently head of Ipsos Public
Affairs, where he began the Ipsos/Associated Press poll .

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"All the evidence shows she's the best candidate to lead
Ohio and the one Republican who can win both the Primary and the General
Elections. No other candidate has received a single unanimous endorsement ,
while Montgomery now has three. This group believes President Bush and Congress generally fail
to respond to both the benefits and threats of a rapidly changing,
technology-driven real world in handling important policy issues. This runs counter to the current Washington, D. The firm will produce a weekly national omnibus poll
with varying participation by outside groups, including political party
organizations and lobbying firms.

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C. He was on the Board of Directors of the Gallup Organization , and
later was president of Gallup China in Beijing.