Virginia Right!

In the following polls, I have graphed the skew – shown in green – and the Obama lead – shown in purple for all of the polls averaged at Real Clear Politics as of this morning. Rasmussen is showing a 1 point Romney lead for their final tally, but they have yet to post the [...]

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Comparing this post debate poll from WaPo / ABC to the last one they did before the debate 15 days ago, there are some things that jump out at you. The earlier poll sampled 3% more Democrats than Republicans (33% D’s, 30% R’s) a +3 lean towards Democrats and the latest poll samples 9% more Democrats [...]

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The last poll that ABC News / Washington Post released was done September 7-9 2012. This poll had a “Skew Rate” of +9 in favor of the Democrats. (See this analysis.) The Cross Tabs, located here, show the percentages of Republicans, Democrats and Independents sampled at the very bottom of the poll just beneath thoes [...]

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Well, there they go again. Polls should measure public opinion, not attempt to sway it. What makes for a good poll these days? Well, the same as always. A good sample size, I prefer at least 1,000. And most importantly, a party makeup that realistically reflects the public at large. These days, I accept a [...]

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  The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week, carved eternally in the records of cyberspace. This week’s winner focused on an important news story almost ignored by the media and its very troubling implications.style=”font-weight: bold;”>Joshuapundit’shref=”http://joshuapundit.blogspot.com/2011/07/most-dangerous-story-in-news-today.html” target=”_blank”>The Most Dangerous Story In The News Todaytook an anonymously [...]

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A Washington Post / ABC News poll released today has some bad news for President Obama. His approval has slipped to 47%. A full 50% disapprove of the job Obama is doing. I know what you are thinking. The liberal WaPo and equally liberal ABC News conducting a poll? Can this be a fair poll? [...]

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The fact that the Washington Post got something wrong concerning Eric Cantor (R-Va) is not news. It is not shocking at all, in fact. What is both shocking and newsworthy is that they admitted they got something wrong about a Republican.

In a February 26th editorial, WaPo claimed Congressman Cantor’s “tactic” of carrying the entire, massive Health Care bill – all 2400 pages – into the Health Care Summit constituted “posturing” by the House Minority Leader. President Obama called them a “prop” during the meeting.

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JR Hoeft at Bearing Drift made a comment about Chris Cillizza’s Post column The Fix and the Deeds’ endorsement.

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