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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-03-08 01:31 PM
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18. Rec'd...I'm getting "poll" fatigued just
looking at the captions which I never click on. It's all a part of the black ops.
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  -Why are Rasmussen & Gallup the DU Bible these days? FrenchieCat  Aug-03-08 12:12 PM   #0 
  - Trolls and "concerned" individuals.  Liberal_Stalwart71   Aug-03-08 12:14 PM   #1 
  - Agreed.  FrenchieCat   Aug-03-08 12:19 PM   #6 
  - I resent that, FrenchieCat. I do become concerned and it would never be my  gateley   Aug-03-08 12:46 PM   #14 
  - You dismiss those of us who actually ARE concerned.  gateley   Aug-03-08 12:43 PM   #13 
     - You are a slave to probability, then  Teaser   Aug-03-08 01:26 PM   #16 
  - Attempts at disheartening people  IWantAnyDem   Aug-03-08 12:14 PM   #2 
  - That is my thought.  FrenchieCat   Aug-03-08 12:18 PM   #5 
  - Because Gallup and Rasmussen are the only pollsters who have daily tracking numbers  thewiseguy   Aug-03-08 12:16 PM   #3 
  - Rasmussen sucks and is a RW mouthpiece on Faux Suxs!  Breeze54   Aug-03-08 12:20 PM   #7 
  - It's a "camparison"  DemocracyInaction   Aug-03-08 12:17 PM   #4 
  - Gallop and Rasmussen are RWers and they don't poll YOUNG PEOPLE or AA'S!!  Breeze54   Aug-03-08 12:21 PM   #8 
  - Too many people obsess over any and every poll and wring their hands over any negative ones.  elocs   Aug-03-08 12:23 PM   #9 
  - Daily Obsessing about anything is never good.  FrenchieCat   Aug-03-08 12:30 PM   #11 
  - I like Rasmussen  creeksneakers2   Aug-03-08 12:30 PM   #10 
  - Rasmussen is NOT "daily".  johnaries   Aug-03-08 04:05 PM   #19 
     - I know its a 3 day average  creeksneakers2   Aug-03-08 05:15 PM   #21 
  - I guess I don't see that much personal need to "preach to the converted."  DeepModem Mom   Aug-03-08 12:42 PM   #12 
  - Maybe people just don't understand how to use data, or they just like to stir.  NYC_SKP   Aug-03-08 01:21 PM   #15 
  - They are as long as they show Obama with a lead...  depakid   Aug-03-08 01:28 PM   #17 
  - Rec'd...I'm getting "poll" fatigued just  zidzi   Aug-03-08 01:31 PM   #18 
  - Because DUers slavishly eat whatever the media feeds them.  BlooInBloo   Aug-03-08 04:09 PM   #20 
  - Weren't there other polls that were more accurate and predictive in  Clear Blue Sky   Aug-03-08 06:21 PM   #22 
  - I think both were pretty right on in '04.  Drunken Irishman   Aug-03-08 06:26 PM   #23 
  - Because Rasmussen and Gallup have solid track records.  tritsofme   Aug-03-08 06:30 PM   #24 
 

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