John - Spokane, WA:

Do you have some daily polls today ? How often are the PA & NC polls updated on the graphs ?

Posted on March 15, 2008 3:31 PM

 Mark Lindeman:

Mark, I have an excellent idea: just stop posting political polls!

OK, I guess that's unworkable.

How about a Movable Type add-in that automatically disemvowels any comment containing the words "Billary," "Obambi," or "Gobama"? Hey, it's a start....

P.S. It's really creeping me out that my comments actually post.

Posted on March 15, 2008 10:15 PM

 Ciccina:

Mark, I'm sure I speak for a lot of people when I say that this site is truly top notch. Quite a few people with strongly felt, sometimes conflicting opinions post here, yet no one questions the excellence and integrity of your work - I think that really says something. The comments bug was frustrating, but it was nothing compared to the contribution you make by helping people of all political persuasions to better understand public opinion polling.

I'm glad the comments bug is fixed, but I must say that while it lasted it provided me with a great opportunity to think twice, thrice and even four times about whether or not I *really* needed to share a particular thought ;-)

Posted on March 15, 2008 11:12 PM

 Ike:

Mark,
I second Ciccina's thanks for the hard work to keep this going under difficult circumstances.

My suggestion would be that we all take a deep breath and watch the following Mysterypollster recommended video:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=110308&title=poll-smoking-2006-midterm&tag=generic_tag_dave_gorman&itemId=107059

Posted on March 16, 2008 12:18 AM

 Gary Kilbride:

I had a submission rejected last night, an error message saying (paraphrased), "too many recent comments from you..."

LOL. I hadn't commented in at least a couple of weeks. For a minute I wondered if someone had hijacked my name around here, but that would have been marvelously masochistic, acquiring all my inaccurate forecasts of the past couple of months.

Posted on March 16, 2008 1:07 AM

 eliyah:

Thanks a ton and bully for you, Mark. I stopped checking the pollster blogs weeks ago to avoid some of the rage. I'll start coming around again to see what kind of deep thinking you all are doing. I'm just here for the learnin'; I go elsewhere to rant (and sometimes it ain't pretty).

Posted on March 16, 2008 2:17 AM

 akclsm:

i am totally depressed. i'm guessing i 'll have to go back to the steps of the supreme court and demand a recount because this so called process of ours is in total shreds.

tell me why oh why the media has the right to twist it their way? why, and how come if we talk about florida we dont emphasize that only one candidate flagrantly broke the rules: that only one candidate sneakily slipped in cable advertising bombarding the airwaves in florida and environs up to and throughout the day of the primary.

how come no one has the decency to plaster this fact all over the web, the irwaves..everywhere. because that candidate is the one who would be very happy not to have a recount, who would be very happy if florida did not seat delegates, who knows very well that they'd do better in a caucaus and that a recount could spell the end of a BIG OLE SNOWJOB.

that candidate was not hillary r clinton. that candidate was Barack obama who is depending on the white liberal guilt of the media boys to not tell it like it is. and they are doing his bidding.

all i want are the facts. hillary has no right to michigan because it didnt carry all the names but florida!!!!!! if obama forked over cash to get his ads on cable then he TOOK THE FLORIDA PRIMARY DAMN SERIOUSLY> he just lost it and now wants it all his way.

this is depressing. this is gross. this is third world politics.

Posted on March 16, 2008 11:21 AM

 richard pollara:

Great post by Ciccina. This is a wonderful site and I have learned alot from both Mark and reading other's posts. As Ciccina said the best part about the posting delays is it gave you a chance to cool down and say, "do I really want my name attached to this?"

Posted on March 16, 2008 11:56 AM

 Kasandra:

I'm not even sure I've ever posted here before but I read here religiously. So, I went to try to set up the typekey account. I've been waiting for my confirmation email for over an hour. I've asked to have it resent, still no email.

Posted on March 16, 2008 1:13 PM

 Mark Lindeman:

Kasandra, that's weird. I got a response almost instantly. Could you be suffering from an overzealous spam filter?

(akclsm: Oh, you mean when Obama ran ads on national networks before the Florida primary? I have a little trouble seeing what makes that "third world politics.")

Posted on March 16, 2008 2:04 PM

 John - Spokane, WA:

Still ready for some new polls - Rasmussen has a new Ntl poll out, how come its not on here ? Other polls out over the weekend as well. Things not looking too good for Obama, his refusal to ackowledge his participation in Rev Wrights Anti-American sermons is making him look like a BIG LIAR. Read some of the posts on CNN & FNN. I dont think he can come back after this.

Posted on March 16, 2008 2:30 PM

 Bob Evans:

John, I think I speak for everyone here when I say: STFU. Thanks.

Posted on March 17, 2008 10:10 AM

 Andrew S. in California:

Where is this wind of change? 3%? if you look at the Gallup data Obama and Clinton have been "heilixing" back and forth by 5% for weeks.

Mark is working on the site right now, I've noticed some polls not appearing but I've noticed the site getting better. Deal with the lull for now.

So far no one can prove Obama is lying about not being part of Wrights sermons (if they even cared to begin with). I'll wait for that information to come out before judging John. Your leaps of logic are unfathomable. I think you've been calling Obama's downfall since Mid-February. Obama's downfall is always JUST starting! lol

Posted on March 17, 2008 2:27 PM