tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767671.post5236133108302088089..comments2024-03-14T05:51:12.959-05:00Comments on Stolen Thunder: Not Over By A Long ShotDJ Drummondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583885371076583265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767671.post-57418938285190224532008-10-19T11:19:00.000-05:002008-10-19T11:19:00.000-05:00> All he needed were the flying monkeys... out ...> All he needed were the flying monkeys<BR/><BR/>... out his butt.<BR/><BR/>(snicker)OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767671.post-37160181181131432392008-10-17T09:37:00.000-05:002008-10-17T09:37:00.000-05:00Regarding the undecided independents: Isn't the u...Regarding the undecided independents: Isn't the usual pattern that the late breaking voters vote against the incumbent.<BR/><BR/>So: What of the notion that Obama is the "incumbent" as shown by his under performance in the primaries and being the frontrunner the entire year? Since there is no incumbent, does O become the one by default? Perhaps that is why he is trying so hard to tie McCain to Bush because his polls show him to be in the incumbent position.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06447790646881401532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767671.post-30224950083933908642008-10-17T07:21:00.000-05:002008-10-17T07:21:00.000-05:00This addresses the point made on October 15th abou...This addresses the point made on October 15th about how almost all the pollsters and those who hire them are concentrated in blue country especially in Manhattan, NYC.<BR/>The "superstars" of the MSM have parties at which the "conservative" media such as Fox ,the soon to be defunct New York Sun reporters and editors, and the house conservatives of the NYT attend. Given the well-known illiberal attitude of the liberals towards anyone who doesn't follow the party line, IMHO there is definite pressure to adhere to strongly held views of liberals such as Obama is already President. How do I know the media socialize together? When Peter Jennings who was extremely liberal died, the NY Sun a very conservative NYC daily wrote an editorial which shocked me. They described Jennings as having thrown a party for the Sun editors when they started their daily. The Sun's politics were the polar opposite of Jennings.When lived in Manhattan my wife loved to go to a breakfast cafe on the westside. Every time we went there were either well-known actors and/or network media stars in the same relatively small restaurant. One morning, I sat one table away from Joan London and Charles Gibson of Sarah Palin interview infamy. So even in Manhattan,for the stars be it media or TV ,movies etc. it's still a relatively small world. I believe the same holds true for the DC media and pollsters who probably attend many of the same Georgetown parties. There must be a conscious or even subconscious bias against conservative views even by well meaning media people and pollsters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767671.post-39424605712810329932008-10-16T15:52:00.000-05:002008-10-16T15:52:00.000-05:00SurveyUSA gives party affiliation of the likely vo...SurveyUSA gives party affiliation of the likely voters sampled. As you suggest, the samples seem unjustifiably weighted to include more democrats and less Republicans. For example, Ohio which President Bush won the past 2 presidential elections has their latest sample weighted in favor of democrats by 13 points. Gallup has McCain within 2 points of Obama in likely voters. Then, as if, they are afraid to deviate from the "Election is over" mantra, they added a strange category which was a second analysis of likely voters which fit the others polls, and Obama unpaid campaign workers aka the MSM. Gallup until recently only reported registered voters which skews the polls in favor of the demorats . It is bizarre that the poll which has McCain within 2 points is called the "traditional" poll and they felt they had to add a second analysis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com