Does anybody really believe polling data anymore? They should, when the results are understood in the right context, says the master of polling, John Zogby, who joins the Wilshire & Washington co-hosts today. Zogby, author of “The Way We’ll Be” and President of Zogby International, drops in to deconstruct polling numbers we’ll see in the [...]
David Paul Kuhn on concerns that data sampling will be skewed by early voting and overzealous BO supporters:
“The exit polls are conducted by the National Election Pool (NEP), a consortium of ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News formed in 2003.
In theory, exit polls should match election results. But for [...]
Michelle blames the excess of Joe the Plumber ’smears’ on the Obama camp and liberal media in her latest well-written (if not far-fetched) column. I do agree, however, that both campaigns and journalists have been irresponsible in allowing this private citizen to be picked apart with Ken Starr-like tenacity. More than it’s bamboozling ‘Wag the [...]
Today’s LAT has a compelling comparison of Obama and McCain on the issues of immigration and abortion (via Real Clear Politics):
“Every president faces new claims to equality in our evolving nation. The next will be no exception. McCain does not share our view of the fundamental rights of women in this society; he has occasionally [...]
This fired me up. To think of the great risk Obama takes every time he walks on a stage somewhere to speak, and that some Republicans (particularly the ones at the top of their ticket) are not outspoken against their lunatic supporters is absolutely horrifying.