Hot Free Press on October 15th, 2008

Barack is doing quite well, so far, but we’ll see the McCain ‘campaign’ throw a lot of shit around just to see what sticks.
There’s also a debate coming up tonight. It’s unlikely that Barack will take many risks. He doesn’t have to. He has a commanding lead. McCain will need to [...]

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Hot Free Press on October 10th, 2008

Yeah, I’m a geek.
It’s Friday night, and I’m ciphering like Jethro.
Later, I’ll have an India Pale Ale and watch Stargate Atlantis.
I got a lot of new polling data today, and the new report looks like this:

Senator Obama leads Senator McCain by 6.27%.
That represents an electoral vote range of 337 - 370 for Senator Obama.
Real Clear [...]

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Hot Free Press on October 1st, 2008

Hmmm…
Well, much has changed since the last time I looked at a handful of swing States. There’s been a crisis, another crisis, Governor Palin said some stupid stuff, Senator Biden said some other stupid stuff, Senator McCain did some stupid stuff, and Senator Obama did his best to stay out of the way while [...]

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Hot Free Press on September 26th, 2008

Tonight, drunken frat boys and sorority scamps, for your drinking game, take a swig of tequila every time a newscrunt incorrectly refers to the lecterns as podiums, or, if they’re feeling particularly uppity, podia.
Remember kids, you can stand on a podium, but you lose debate points for standing on the lectern.
I wanted to put out [...]

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Hot Free Press on September 24th, 2008

As we near the end of September, several States are still up for grabs in the presidential election.  State polling data is sparse and erratic.
I am obsessed, not with polls, but with polling data, and trying to make sense of what one of my least favorite professors from back in the day would have called [...]

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Hot Free Press on September 12th, 2008

The news mediocre is awash in the gaiety of polls, but aren’t we all?
The polls themselves use small samples to try to get a handle on the tide of the presidential election.  Will it be that smooth talkin’ black dude with the funny name and the razor-tongued old guy with all those teeth, or [...]

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