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regnaD kciN

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3. Live by the Nate, die by the Nate...

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 05:08 PM

Oct 2012

Personally, I lost respect for his analysis when he started giving full credence to the flood of WeAskAmericARGravismussen polls, and dismissed those who would question them as equivalent to the unskewedpolls types on the right. That hasn't changed just because his numbers have become marginally more favorable for us. If they go down again, will you continue to tout them as some sort of gold standard?

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Live by the Nate, die by the Nate... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #3

I respect Nate... Blue Idaho Oct 2012 #5

Time is ticking away ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #4