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• Will John McCain's new underdog theme resonate with voters?

  Mon Oct 13, 2008
  • and msnbc's great political team needs to step up and really update their map - narrow toss-up window. safe = safe but not interesting.

• Newsvine Q&A: Chuck Todd on U.S. Politics

  Wed Oct 8, 2008
  • I think that the use of bad polls is minimized in his model because he throws some out and because other things are factored in like the demographics of the state as well as what nearby states are doing.  So, in my opinion, their data are much more reliable than simple averaging of polls. .

• Newsvine Q&A: Chuck Todd on U.S. Politics

  Wed Oct 8, 2008
  • True.  But it could still have shown up in other races (local or state) across the country where there have been non-white candidates.  In other words, if there is little to no statistically significant evidence of the Bradley Effect in any elections since the 90's, you would have …

• Newsvine Q&A: Chuck Todd on U.S. Politics

  Wed Oct 8, 2008
  • According to Nate Silver (or, rather, my understanding of what he says), there has been no statistical evidence of a Bradley Effect since the 90's.  See more at fivethirtyeight dot com. Go to the "labels" section on the left column and click on "bradley effect."

• Newsvine Q&A: Chuck Todd on U.S. Politics

  Wed Oct 8, 2008
  • Check out discussions on fivethirtyeight.com.  Although paid for by DailyKos, the pollster is not unaffiliated with a party so there is no reason to believe that the poll itself is biased.  Zogby has consistently been Republican-leaning throughout this election; I believe that it …

• Which candidate offers the best policy on Iraq?

  Mon Sep 15, 2008
  • mccain wanting to stay in iraq (at 10 BILLION dollars per month) and give tax cuts makes no sense.

• Which candidate has the best policy for solving America's economic problems?

  Tue Sep 16, 2008
  • phil gramm. nation of whiners. mccain's chief economic advisor. culprit in deregulation resulting in mortgage crisis. banking meltdown.

• Newsvine Q&A: Chuck Todd on U.S. Politics

  Tue Jul 15, 2008
  • sorry, chuck, i'm a big fan but i'm not buying "obama's the new guy" as the reason the media is giving mccain such a pass on factual errors.

• Newsvine Q&A: Chuck Todd on U.S. Politics

  Tue Jul 15, 2008
  • those statistics are bogus. check out snopes.com, search "military deaths." my parents got that email too.

• Newsvine Q&A: Chuck Todd on U.S. Politics

  Tue Jul 15, 2008
  • I have also heard that he gets a lot of bad press in AZ. If that is the case, I wonder if it affects bordering states' press coverage? But, I doubt it -- they are pretty big states w/ little overlapping media markets.