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nytimes.com - 11/12/2008

After Push for Obama, Unions Seek New Rules

— nytimes.com — Labor unions, delighted to have a friend in the White House, plan to push for legislation that would make it easier for workers to unionize. > (more) After Push for Obama, Unions Seek New Rules

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reuters.com - 11/14/2008

Obama likely to push courts away from right

— reuters.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will have a chance to appoint dozens of sympathetic judges to U.S. federal courts over the next four years, reversing the judiciary's shift to the right under President George W. Bush. Aided by a ... (more) Obama likely to push courts away from right

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Zogby Engages in Apparent Push Polling for Right-Wing Website
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... To my mind, this survey meets the definition of a "push poll", which the Random House Dictionary defines as "a seemingly unbiased telephone survey that is actually conducted by supporters of a particular candidate and disseminates negative information about an opponent." That (i) several of the items on the survey contain information which, in addition to being negative, is arguably also untrue; (ii) Ziegler brags that the survey includes a trick question to which no correct answer can be provided, and that (iii) apparently only Obama voters were targeted by the survey ...

11/18: Netroots' Hopes Dashed
Blogometer — ... to conduct a poll of 512 Barack Obama voters as part of what can best be described as a viral marketing effort to discredit the intelligence of Obama supporters. [...] To my mind, this survey meets the definition of a 'push poll', which the Random House Dictionary defines as 'a seemingly unbiased telephone survey that is actually conducted by supporters of a particular candidate and disseminates negative information about an opponent.' [...] Why Zogby International has decided to accept this client and conduct a survey in this fashion is not clear. I would hope, however, ...

catching some z's
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... question about palin in which the respondent is asked "which candidate said that they can see russia from their house?". ziegler claims in the video that none of the four answers is correct because the statement was made by tina fay rather than sarah palin. (in her interview with charlie gibson, palin said that "you can actually see russia from land here in alaska", not that she can see russia from her house.)to my mind, this survey meets the definition of a "push poll", which the random house dictionary defines as "a seemingly unbiased telephone survey that is actually ...