The source of all those exit polls, hot air, statistics, and prognosticators fodder… xkcd: Sports. See also “Mark Twain.” (“There are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics.”)
Why did the GOP lose NY-26? Not the reason you think.
May 26, 2011 by
The winning Democrat only won with 47%, just one point less than Barack Obama got in the district in 2008. Not exactly an awe-inspiring performance. Democrats won only because a third-party candidate—self-proclaimed tea partier Jack Davis—spent a reported $3 million of his own money. Absent Mr. Davis as a spoiler—he got 9% of the vote—Democrats […]
What is do you think the state is for?
May 24, 2011 by
“The state is the great fiction by which everybody tries to live at the expense of everybody else.” Frederic Bastiat Discuss.
Could you say “President Ryan” in 2013?
May 16, 2011 by
Rep. Paul Ryan is thinking about running for the soon to be vacated US Senate seat in his state. I think he could do better. And so could America. We could draft him for the Presidency. In truth, a presidential run makes a lot more sense for Ryan than does a Senate race. Ryan is […]
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