October 5, 2007
Tribe Time Remainders*
Kathy Frankovic revisits the classic "forbid or allow" question experiment in the context of the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speech at Columbia University.
David Hill sees hope for conservatives in a recent Gallup poll result on the Supreme Court.
Adam Nagourney reviews the data on New Hampshire's independent voters.
Frank Newport says the national polls should "cause significant concern" for the Romney and Obama campaigns.
Marjorie Connelly (polling director at the New York Times) examines how much voters "consider the candidates' personal lives" as well as their records.
Matt Stearns quotes "polling experts" who say Hillary Clinton's negatives "may not be politically fatal or even much of a drag."
Greg Sargent has yet another polling and strategy memo from the Giuliani campaign.
Doug Schoen argues that Edwards is the most electable (via Ben Smith) in a column that may surprise Glenn Greenwald.
Carl Bialik examines the way web sites featuring user ratings of "rate beer, restaurants, board games and movies" compile their rankings (for fans of Thomas Bayes).
*Because you can take the boy out of Cleveland...
By Mark Blumenthal on October 5, 2007 9:25 PM | Permalink
To say that Edwards is the most electable is misleading. Democratic candidates lose ground whenever the corporate media attacks them with negative, often false, attacks. The reason that Edwards has not been attacked viciously is that he does not look like the imminent Democratic nominee. In life, things change according to the circumstances, and some people don't understand this. In pre-primary months, The right-wing media machine has to focus on all Democratic candidates, instead of one.
Even so, Edwards has been hurt by overhyped reports about his haircuts and other trivial matters.
Posted on October 8, 2007 3:54 PM