Hello, my name is Guy Molyneux.  I am a partner at Peter Hart Research Associates, and will serve as the lead researcher on the habeas corpus survey.  I want to thank MyDD and the Alliance for Justice for inviting me to be part of this important project.

To give you a quick sense of my background, I work primarily for labor unions and progressive non-profits.  My work covers a wide range of issues, with a focus on economic justice, judicial independence, and education in recent years.  My clients include SEIU, the AFT, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the American Association for Justice, the Economic Analysis and Research Network, and Alliance for Justice.  I have also been a lead researcher for the AFL-CIO's political department since 1995, and very involved in the revitalization of organized labor's political program over that time.

This survey will have two main components, and input from the MyDD community on both portions of the survey will be invaluable.  First, we will take stock of current public opinion on - and knowledge of -- the issue of legal rights for detainees.  Here, we will be looking for neutral, impartial question wording.  The second, and larger, part of the survey will be devoted to message testing.  Here we will test the persuasiveness of different approaches to making the case for restoration of habeas rights for detainees.  We will also try to determine which anti-habeas messages are most convincing, and the most effective responses from our side.

I look forward to working with all of you to win the fight to restore habeas corpus protections.  Please let us know what you think we should be asking in the comments field.