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October, 2006 Entries


October 31

     How much will Kerry - and McCain -- influence this final week?
     Looking ahead to Election Night...
     Missing Persons Report: Where is Jim Webb today?
     A bit on Maryland, both Governor's Race and Senate Race
     Okay. We're back. Let's call the site The Kerry Spot again.
     It depends upon the meaning of the word 'moving'
     Poll shows Republican Mark Souder up by 12. Democrats cite that as a sign he's in trouble.
     Generic ballot numbers, moving from really bad to less really bad
     Some surprising optimism from the Jedi Council
     Panic, but only if Allen is in trouble over three days, among likely voters, with a good sample...

October 30

     More on Allen, Webb, and women voters in Virginia
     GOP feeling optimism about NY-26, FL-16, CT races, one GA race
     Looking at a trio of House races in I-states...
     Two key thoughts on whether pollsters are reaching key groups of voters
     Looking at that Post poll in Maryland
     Updates in two key races in Florida and Texas

October 28

     Polls, House races, and proportional representation

October 27

     Polls for two GOP House incumbents looking better...
     If South Carolinians could vote in Virginia, Webb would be fleeing (UPDATED)
     Friday afternoon oddities

October 26

     Obi Wan Kenobi, on the races, twelve days out
     Another roundup from the GOP ground game
     Three pollsters

October 25

     More accounts from the Republican GOTV effort
     New poll in Minnesota 6 and Virginia Senate
     Chewing over the Harold Ford and Playboy Bunny ad
     Some truly tiny sample sizes in New Jersey and Virginia polls
     "[Human Rights Campaign] resources had been inappropriately used" in Foley story?
     If somebody's predicting a 45 to 60 seat pickup for Dems...
     The Big Get-Out-The-Vote Status Report

October 24

     A bleg on reports of the GOTV ground game
     Looking at the big picture, with all these bad, odd, and partisan polls

October 23

     A key poll to watch in terms of generic ballot numbers (UPDATED)
     Looking at the Burns race, and whether the pool of likely voters has changed
     Diminishing returns when it comes to media hype?

October 21

     October Surprise Fatigue

October 20

     As goes Instapundit, so goes Tennessee?
     I wouldn't bet on a Burns comeback in Montana, but... (UPDATED)
     Are House race polls hitting only voters in the particular district?
     Worth watching Graf in AZ-8?
     Republican Get-Out-The-Vote Effort: Best where they have won before?
     Durbin subbing in for Reid next year?
     So when do we hear about Lamont's impending 17-point turnaround trick play?
     I wouldn't bet on a Healy victory in Massachusetts, but...

October 19

     George Allen, Webb's comments, and the gender gap
     I have a strong hunch there will be no terror attack this weekend
     "Thanks for calling, Mr. Pollster, let me tell you how bad it is."
     Reason 3,487 to be wary of this year's polls
     I won't break out party hats if Zogby gives me good news

October 18

     The Holy Grail of bad prediction columns
     An interesting note on cell phones and polls
     A review, and the upset special prediction (UPDATE: Steele's tied up with Cardin)
     New batch of House polls - even foggier than before
     Novak's assessment is grim, and yet...
     McCain: "Don't think [a Democratic takeover] is going to happen.'
     I'm Ned Lamont, and I don't actually pay attention to gas prices.
     An upset brewing in Wisconsin?
     Shocker! Kyl is only up by 5! Wait, or maybe 16! Which wouldn't be much of a shock, I suppose. (UPDATE: Or maybe 9 points!)
     The harder you look at the House polls, the less certain and reliable they seem

October 17

     Reviewing all of the House poll data shows… a very contradictory forecast
     Taking the Wayback Machine for a sense of how things looked, three weeks out in 2004
     Hoist the Black Flag. No really, that's our mood these days.
     McCain's aid to Allen, on and offline
     Thinking about those cell-phone-only voters (UPDATED)
     House races in a headwind

October 16

     Phone pollsters, turnout, and Zogby
     The man of the people who has Martha Stewart cater
     Brief Update from Obi-Wan Kenobi, and other food for thought
     Esquire endorses candidates. In related news, no one cares.
     Thoughts on the Instapremortum

October 13

     How to blow a debate on the closing question
     Well, it's not like you can cross the Rio Grande on an elephant with a Mariachi band. Oh, wait...
     Was Allen's early press too kind?
     How trustworthy are the polls this year? (UPDATED)
     Mark Warner - not afraid of Hillary, but afraid of Pluto's wake in Sagittarius
     Adios, Air America - bankruptcy declaration expected today
     Ironically, if Harry Reid resigned, it would hurt the GOP

October 12

     Update in Pennsylvania from a Santorum conference call
     The GOP's get-out-the-vote operation: Better than 2004, Part Two
     Turkish novelist wins Nobel Prize
     The GOP's get-out-the-vote operation: Better than 2004
     Harry Reid's scandal, which puts Foley into new light

October 11

     A fixed-wing crash in NYC high-rise is probably not terrorism, but...
     NYC fixed wing (?) crash in high rise UPDATE:NYC Joint Terrorism Task Force says "no indication of terrorism yet"; still investigating
     Lieberman up by 8 in Connecticut. Or, you know, 13. (Updated)

October 10

     Bob Corker's turnaround, DeWine's tie, and Harry Reid's empty anger
     David Zucker on the Democrats and National Security
     What does Barbara Ehrenreich have in common with Paris Hilton?
     Democrats lose a point in NY Times poll, GOP unchanged. Times declares Foley effect.
     Will house arrest for a puppy killer play a factor in the Minnesota Senate race?

October 09

     Glad to see people noticed the stock market hitting an all time high...
     He's great, other than the fact that I don't trust him around my daughter
     With a "Nork Nuke", the Foley Scandal enters its Sixteenth Minute of Fame

October 06

     Slimy congressmen v. a nuclear explosion

October 05

     Remembering that OTHER stunning, unforeseen assault on Capitol Hill
     A fascinating bunch of numbers from Zogby, if you trust him

October 04

     The return of... Obi Wan Kenobi
     Why is the first attack ad on Foley distorting already-ugly facts?
     Lieberman up 10 in latest Rasmussen
     Who will interview Foley first?

October 03

     How long until the "clash of civilizations" becomes a campaign issue?
     A must-win race in Virginia, if only to deter similar slime campaigns

October 02

     Hello, Rush Limbaugh listeners!
     Outlook 2006

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