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“Economic Unrest is Shifting Electoral Battlegrounds” – front page headline New York Times, Sunday October 5th. The trouble with this headline lies in the meaning of what the word “is” is. “Is” indicates causality in this case, and is clearly spoken out of turn. The article claims that the cause of the recent turn in […]
If expectational influence on subsequent judgment were ever on public display, we saw it in nearly every analyst on television Thursday evening following the Vice Presidential debate. Sarah Palin’s performance in the debate was much better than what we saw in the clips from the Katie Couric interview. But really, where was there to go, […]
Barack Obama has won 8 straight states since Super Tuesday, including an unexpected sweep of the Chesapeake Primary. Some of these wins have been by 30 points or more. His “yes, we can” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY) video on you tube has more than 4 million hits. There is a tremendous emotional swell behind Barack that has even […]