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patrice

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24. Some of us here need to learn how to see what is happening, not just what we want to see, because

Reply to gabeana (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 09:56 PM

Oct 2012

we predicted it one way or another and, therefore, want to be right.

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Pew freak out. Nate Silver says, "Get a grip." [View all] ProSense Oct 2012 OP

comon sense view gabeana Oct 2012 #1

Some of us here need to learn how to see what is happening, not just what we want to see, because patrice Oct 2012 #24

Yeah... theKed Oct 2012 #2

Interesting, My Friend The Magistrate Oct 2012 #3

It's the media narrative now Blaukraut Oct 2012 #4

+1 patrice Oct 2012 #21

K&r... spanone Oct 2012 #5

Don't worry, Mittens is due to say or do something very stupid any time now!!! winstars Oct 2012 #6

I thought that foreign policy nonsense he spewed today fit the bill quite nicely. nm nc4bo Oct 2012 #10

He's WAY overdue ailsagirl Oct 2012 #15

Do not forget about his tax returns! Glimmer of Hope Oct 2012 #17

It's not what he said.. Cha Oct 2012 #32

Ideology is pretty striking too... SidDithers Oct 2012 #7

Yep. mzmolly Oct 2012 #8

You, ProSense and Nate Silver - the lifeboats of reason in a sea of hysteria GoneOffShore Oct 2012 #9

Pro's in league by herself... SidDithers Oct 2012 #11

Thanks. No woman is an island. ProSense Oct 2012 #12

Thank Goodness for Pro! And, I thought you Cha Oct 2012 #30

the hysteria is disgusting kevink077 Oct 2012 #13

Agreed. Rachel cited that PEW poll tonight without qualification. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #19

Rachel kevink077 Oct 2012 #23

The Doomsayers here do more to hurt DisabledAmerican Oct 2012 #29

How is that even a relevant poll? meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #14

do you know who founded Pew? right wing maniac, that's who. FDR hater, gave money Gabi Hayes Oct 2012 #18

Thanks for that info! meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #25

Southern respondents seem a bit over-represented as well. Barack_America Oct 2012 #16

40% of their respondents are from the South, but only 33% of the US population is in the South. reformist2 Oct 2012 #28

Another poll to tell me what disproportionally rich, white, Southern conservatives feel... Barack_America Oct 2012 #33

Out of sample size of 1112, 792 with incomes $30K & above = 70% of the sample. patrice Oct 2012 #20

Sorry! This makes so little sense, it looks like somekind of trap to me. nt patrice Oct 2012 #22

It is a bad sample hrmjustin Oct 2012 #26

In 2010 the electorate was even betwe D and R bluestateguy Oct 2012 #27

Tweet from Jeff Gauvin Cha Oct 2012 #31

another rotten Pew poll comes out. this thread should be used in conjunction, if their methodology Gabi Hayes Oct 2012 #34

wtf? this thread isn't coming up...... Gabi Hayes Oct 2012 #35