Friday, December 11, 2009

The PB/Angus Reid cross-tabs


Angus Reid Strategies

Should all pollsters get their data out on the same day?

Here is the main set of cross-tabs with the regional and gender splits from this evening’s Politicalbetting/Angus Reid poll which is showing almost no change in the overall picture.

Download the full set for yourself here.

One of the things I was very keen on when we were setting up the arrangement with the pollster was that the full data-set should be made available as soon asSource: Political Betting RSS Feed

How valid is the quickie PBR poll in the Times?


Politicalbetting.com - Thursday evening after the 2008 budget

Is instant polling reaction a guide to anything?

Every Friday after budgets, and now the PBR, the Times publishes the findings of a quickie small sample non-voting intention Populus poll and invariably this is good for the government.

But how seriously should we take it? Shouldn’t we look at the record.

I raised this one last March and I raise it again. The above is from the post publishedSource: Political Betting RSS Feed

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Morning Briefing for December 2, 2009

RedState Morning Briefing
For December 2, 2009

Go to www.RedStateMB.com to get
the Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. . . . — — — . . .

2. West Point is ‘The Enemy Camp’

3. Washington Post’s Left-Wing Activist Confused As To Why Dick Cheney Is Newsworthy

4. Amateur Hour at the White House: The State Dinner

5. From Gov. Mike Huckabee: Washington State Tragedy

6. WOW! Goldman Sachs Execs Arming ThemselvesSource: Red State RSS Feed

Who Had The Guts To Stand Up For The Goldstone Report?


Recently Blue America sent out its first-ever letter to the whole donor list. The purpose was to ask everyone to vote on a short list of incumbents and help us pick one as the 2010 cycle's first endorsee. Predictably, the member who got the most votes was Alan Grayson (D-FL). Dozens of people wrote to us to tell us how much they admire Grayson for his hard-hittng and outspoken way of dealing with bad faith Republican obstructionists. Many also mentioned that he is the only incumbent onSource: DownWithTyranny! RSS Feed

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Dear President Obama #316: And now the plan for Afghanistan


Reporter's Note: President Obama will finally unveil his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan tonight, and military families in particular, coast to coast, will be watching. The subject of my daily letter to the White House.

Tom Foreman | BIO
AC360° Correspondent

Dear Mr. President,

One of my favorite movie scenes of all time comes from The Pope of Greenwich Village. Mobsters are about to appropriate a character’s thumb, and he asks an older manSource: AC360 RSS Feed

Climate Science Explained

The Pedant-General in Ordinary is back, and explains the full meaning of climate-gate (with flow charts!) for us, and why the defenses being offered don't hold up. Curtsy to ninme, who shows us the main diagram of the Copenhagen process.
But neglected to highlight the slide the "settled" scientists really use.
The slides are funny, but RTWT, you'll learn something.

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