Hot Free Press on October 9th, 2008

It’s been eight days since we last visited the trendy swingers. Some of them swing no more. Hot Free Press is now considering pulling out of Pennsylvania after she fell so strongly for the black guy, but for now, Pennsylvania remains on the pretty table below.
We’ve added Missouri and Colorado. I’ve been [...]

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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 29th, 2008

Because Democrats have a propensity to recklessly lose elections, and Republicans will literally do and say anything to win, it’s difficult for me to take the position I’m taking now:
Advantage: Obama
To be clear, that is not a prediction of November’s outcome. There is much tennis yet to be played. Was that too [...]

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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 22nd, 2008

Yes. It will change the final vote tally for both McCain and Obama. Whether it will change the outcome remains to be seen, and it depends on whether Obama has a large enough lead going into the final days.
That is a big if. Between now and the election the Republican hate machine [...]

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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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