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In reply to the discussion: You Want to Raise the Retirement Age? Walk a Mile In Our Shoes First [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)That he's not partisan leads you to believe he's a Repub or on "their" side.
It is a good thing that a numbers guy is not partisan. If he were, he'd lose credibiity. Like Nate Silver. You like him, because you liked his numbrs. But he's a numbers guy. I would've liked him even if the result had been a projection for a Romney win. I am guessing you would have said about Silver what you are saying about Todd: he's on "their" side. That's how the Romney camp missed the reality of things. They convinced themselves that the numbers they didn't like were being told by people on "their" side.
I find Todd objective. Which is what he's supposed to be. One piece of evidence supporting that is...you couldn't tell what party he's in. (He's not only a Democrat; his wife is deeply involved in PROGRESSIVE Democratic organizations.)