Reply #60: thank you for setting out those points so carefully

[OnTheOtherHand]

I am sorry that my post was interpreted as claiming expert support for my position on the exit polls. Actually, I do not especially intend to argue my position on the exit polls, and certainly wasn't trying to do so there. It does not trouble me if people disagree with my present beliefs about the exit polls, and I welcome the opportunity to seek further light together, or to coexist in amicable disagreement. It does trouble me if people regard my colleagues as mercenaries, or shills, or traitors, or crypto-Republicans, etc. But neither was that the point of that particular post. My point was that for whatever reason(s), the evidence that some people here regard as conclusive is not so regarded by a large number of public opinion analysts. It seems to me that regardless of one's own views, that point could be at least tactically pertinent.

The recent events within USCV have been extraordinarily frustrating and, I believe, painful for everyone involved. I continue to hope that we will soon find better ways to move forward.