hotair.com - 10/21/2008
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So says the Washington Times . [...] Read the rest »
fivethirtyeight.com - 10/18/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
“I walked five miles to get out of
Pittsburgh, and two rides, an apple truck and a...
big trailer truck, took me to Harrisburg in the soft Indian-summer rainy night. I cut right along. I wanted to get home…. That night in Harrisburg I had to sleep in ...
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On the Road: Western Pennsylvania
huffingtonpost.com - 10/22/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Sen. McCain offered, on Tuesday, what may go
down as one of the more awkward moments of...
this campaign cycle in which -- speaking in Western Pennsylvania -- he declared he couldn't agree more with the sentiment that some of the people from that very ...
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McCain Accidentally Agrees: Western Pennsylvania Is Racist
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Leaked Obama Internals Show Him Within Margin in Pennsyvania?
Ace of Spades HQ —
... McCain is meanwhile fighting for Pennsylvania despite all polls showing him losing there, and I think that makes sense. For one thing, Western Pennsylvania is teeming with redneck racists, according to John Murtha. That's snarky but it is true that Pennsylvania has been repeatedly insulted by Obama and his surrogates as clingy, bitter, and racist. We need to pick up at least one blue state to win, most likely, and I don't see a better chance of a pick-up -- even if the chances aren't great.
Leaked Obama Internal Poll: Is Pennsylvania In Play?
Stop The ACLU —
... Posted on October 21, 2008 All the public polls say its out of range, but the Maverick is playing the bluff and putting all chips on the table. Plus, certain Democrats are ...
Poll Dancing
QandO —
... does raise some interesting questions. Even more interesting, however, is the last sentence in the quoted paragraph above. If the polling is accurate, then why are the campaigns behaving contrary to what those polls are telling the rest of us? Every news junkie knows that campaigns do their own internal polling, and that these are generally considered the most accurate. How different are they from what the media is reporting? One concrete example suggests "very" [HT: HotAir]: Despite a double-digit deficit in polls, Sen. John McCain is ...
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