A certain prickly BMGer questioned the reliability of CBS's and CNN's almost immediate post-debate polling showing a substantial Obama win, arguing that networks are crappy pollsters and that the great Rasmussen was far more … [Read more...]
Peggy Noonan unloads on Palin
Another pedigreed conservative decamps. Sure, she starts off with some silliness about how McCain won the last debate (the American people would beg to differ). But then she takes a look at the bigger picture of American … [Read more...]
US Supreme Court unanimously rules against Ohio Republican party in voting lawsuit
In a huge defeat for litigious Ohio Republicans, the US Supreme Court has unanimously thrown out a lower court order that would have forced the Ohio Secretary of State to reprogram the Ohio elections database. Ohio Republicans wanted … [Read more...]
Al Smith dinner — “prepare yourself for nonstop hilarity”
John McCain and Barack Obama spoke for about 10 minutes each at the Al Smith dinner in New York yesterday. Both were genuinely funny, and genuinely gracious to each other. It's well worth watching -- it's a welcome respite from … [Read more...]
Red Sox open thread
Until just now, it didn't seem worth putting up a thread, because at 7-0 things were looking pretty miserable. But then BIG PAPI! GO SOX!! … [Read more...]
Polling update: pollster.com reclassifies Ohio as “tossup,” but NY Times moves VA into “lean blue”
The polls continue to fluctuate. Ohio, not all that surprisingly, has been reclassified by pollster.com as "tossup." It had been "lean blue" for a week or so, and "tossup" before that. That's unfortunate, but not … [Read more...]
Is “Joe the Plumber” really related to Charles Keating? Talk about a backfire!!
I mean, if this is true, it would be just astonishing. Martin Eisenstadt, by the way, is a GOP operative and is no friend of Barack Obama. [UPDATE: A reader helpfully emailed me that there's some question about who this Eisenstadt … [Read more...]
Obama’s rapid response continues to impress
Here's a new ad out from Team Obama, responding to McCain's "zinger" about not actually being President Bush. Very nicely done -- especially the end, where McCain himself praises his 90% vote-with-W record. An effective response … [Read more...]
Speaking of plumbers …
Here's a great mini-fact noted by Ambinder: the first union to endorse Obama for president was, that's right, the plumbers. United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and … [Read more...]
Early polling: Obama wins again — 3 for 3 in the debates
These insta-polls are fantastic. Kos is absolutely right about this -- when the American people, via scientific polling, are able to render their verdict on who won almost immediately after the debate, the views of silly talking heads … [Read more...]
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