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This election has featured desperation by our centrist, corporate media to make this as much of a horserace as possible. Every chance of a poll showing a tight race has been ushered onto TV producer's laps with their hosts so happy to get the news of a race being so close. Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, the Morning Joe crew, and all the folks at CNN are always desperate for a nail-bitter, and have gladly mentioned any poll from any source to push that idea. But try as they might, with barely acknowledging Republican voter suppression efforts to not mess up their dream 2000 or 2004 narrative, it looks like it will not work whatsoever. And it will be incumbent (no pun intended) on many people requesting that polling organizations begin a fundamental overhaul of conducting their polls immediately. The obsession over highlighting racially excursionist "Likely Voter" models has been antiquated since 2008. Now you can apply that to mid-term election years, but with...

While the site hasn't been active today, here is what has transpired in the major headlines today. I'm not one to follow polls vigorously, but some of them you just can't ignore. This Gallup poll of registered voters (the one that is much more accurate than the antiquated "likely voter" model) is not very good news for the Democratic Party and voter enthusiasm . The ACLU has a powerful vote on the lawsuit to stop Obama's assassination plan: Where in the hell is Jerry Brown ? This guy is more invisible than Adam Smith's hand. 75% of US cases at Guantanamo Bay on suspected terrorists have been defeated . "What a surprise" when someone gets a fair trial down there....what a surprise. They all want their Nevada man, including Joey Lie, to stay at the head of the House of Lords . Certainly not one of Rick Sanchez's finer moments . Goodness gracious, what was he thinking there? And if they get some power again, guess what they are...

Heh : And yet, Chris Matthews is still on his "Blumenthal is a liar and dishonorable man" crusade. So funny looking at these fools still acting like fools.

Despite them still sucking at 17%, while Democrats are up at 47% rating in Congress. This month's improvement in congressional approval is bipartisan, with approval among Democrats climbing from 36% to 47% and among Republicans edging up from 9% to 17%. Independents, however, buck that trend: moving from 16% to 14%, the percentage approving is the lowest it has been all year. But they probably will be yelling this line that Gallup provides! Congress' job approval rating now precisely matches the 26% recorded in November 2006, just before control of the House shifted from Republicans to Democrats, and is not too dissimilar from the 23% recorded in October 1994, just before control shifted from Democrats to Republicans. And all that talk about Independents on he rise and all, well....... They went down by 2%.

So darn annoying, aren't they? (Click on to see it closer) Yup, the fringe elements of the majority of the nation, supporting a public option. What fringes.

(click on the photo, because you will need to see it larger unless you have 5/5 vision) That just has to be the case The cable and network news outlets were especially guilty of turning away from the A1 Times story on Sunday. The survey indicated a jaw-dropping 85 percent of Americans think "the health care system needed to be fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt." Seventy-two percent support a government-run system, and a solid majority would pay higher taxes to get the reform done. Yet despite the relentless discussion of the topic of health care on television Sunday, particularly the morning talk shows, the Times poll went largely unmentioned. According to a search on TVeyes.com both NBC and Fox News (surprise!) never once mentioned the polling results on Sunday. On ABC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC combined, the results were mentioned approximately one dozen times. If the poll had showed 85 percent opposed government-run health care reform, what kind of coverage do you thi...

Image from the Washington Post/ABC News You can find fault with the moves of the Obama Administration in their banking plan. And you can also be a little critical of yesterday's sledge hammer to failed former GM CEO Rick Wagoner in comparison to the President's tempered response to Wall Street CEO'S (though the stress tests of the banks in a few weeks will give a better indication. But for anyone to even bring up or question whether Barack Obama is culpable for the financial crisis is about as ridiculous as thinking the return of Fast and the Furious will merit it an Oscar next year. The Washington Post/ABC Poll released last night, to the chagrin of those in the media pushing this bull, properly places the blame on who placed us into this mess . But that won't stop those wonderful cable journalists from asking the question still. AHehehehe

(Original Image from mchenrycountyblog.com ) From Mr.Moulitsas today: Arizona Polling : Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/28-30. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines) McCain (R) 48 Obama (D) 47 Early voters (17 percent of sample) McCain (R) 42 Obama (D) 54 It is so bad for the Arizona Senator that he has to do this. McCain forced to campaign in Arizona on Monday. I bet he wishes he could spend the evening in Pennsylvania, Ohio, or Florida. Not on that, but spending time in your own state the day before the last date of voting. Geez Louise. The home state is already the straw showing how terrible McCain's chances are at this point. But factors in Georgia and North Dakota , traditional and usual Republican, Red State strongholds, also indicate ominous signs for the POW. Georgia McCain (R) 47 (49) Obama (D) 44 (43) Already voted McCain (R) 40 Obama (D) 55 North Dakota McCain (R) 47 (45) Obama (D) 46 (45) This has emboldened Obama to do this (link via Kos ): Obama's campaign, ca...

Goodness gracious, she is heartless towards abortion clinics who get bombed by terrorists. I thought you didn't like all terrorists Governor? Should I even call her governor at this point? Is she even worthy of that title. The Memo has their recap of yesterday (which is October 23 for this who maybe a little confused). Another desperate ad from McDesperate, now trying to twist Joe Biden's words on Sunday about Obama being tested in the early days of his Presidency as damaging towards the Illnois Senator: And Indiana is trying to be apart of some big history as well : Poll: Obama Ahead In Indiana A new SurveyUSA poll gives Barack Obama a 49%-45% lead in Indiana , with a ±4% margin of error, compared to a 48%-45% McCain lead from three weeks ago. The most recent three polls of this race now give Obama the lead in a state that hasn't gone Democratic since the 1964 LBJ landslide. The Read 1. DemFromCT's A.P.R.U ...... 2. ..... From A.P.R.U., this maybe the only time that I ...

(Original Photo from scrapetv.com) Is someone trying to run up the score? I think he, and America, is? (For those who don't know what it means to "run up the score", it is a sports term that means that even if you are in the "lead" at anytime during the game, you continue to score as many points as possible to make your lead as big as you can make it. And Obama, along with Biden of course, is doing just that (as McCain and Palin are helping him in their own pathetic campaign.): And that is behind nice. We highlighted that CBS poll last week. Here is that NBC/WSJ poll from yesterday showing Obama up by 10. And this is the always conscious NBC/WSJ poll. From the same article, look at this quote: “To me, the voters have reached a comfort level with Barack Obama,” says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. “The doubts and question marks have been erased.” But it gets worst for McCain and Palin. The ABC h...

You see these numbers . That stems from an amalgamation of trust in Barack Obama, and, maybe even more so, disgust in the pathetic campaign that is led by the pathetic individual that is John McCain. There is nothing outliner"ish" about those numbers. If you still don't believe in this election being a comprehensive blowout for the history books, then you right now are about as out of touch as the fools at Fixed News, especially the anti-intelligent Megyn Kelly (thanks to the great folks at Media Matters ): It is getting so ugly for conservatives, so damn ugly, that today's "The Read" is a must read. A MUST READ. "The Read" 1. Setting the tone as always is DemFromCt's brilliant A.P.R.U. It is so damn good today, that it lead to this in number 2 (and 3)............ 2. Maureen Dowd, yes, a major compliment to Maureen Dowd of all narcissistic "liberal" journalists. This was an absolute classic today. It was so good, that here is the ...

The polls sometimes don't lie. And thankfully, that seems to be the case right now (although we can never be too sure with these news organizations). The momentum of this election is shifting, and the ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden are on the verge of a landslide of things continue on their current form. And this turn of events, from a neck and neck race ("The polls are getting tight" was the tired cliche phrase you heard for the last three months) to now, isn't even primarily because of them. As we have highlighted all week, conservatives from the sad sight that is the John McCain/Sarah Plain ticket to right wing talking heads blaming Blacks and Latinos for the economy's horrible state that their corrupt policies have put us in, this is turning uglier and uglier as the lead grows wider and wider because of the SOP's obnoxious ways starting to fully be on display. And even both welcoming and alarming at the same time is the fact that the polls and the ne...