ID If you missed last night's ID with writers Christian Bauman and Marc Aronson, contributors to a new book for young adults entitled War Is... Soldiers,...
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Lew Goodman
lewgoodman
Nov 3, 2008 12:57 am
I'm so obsessed with Tuesday's election that you can now follow the latest expert polling information on my Web site. It's from FiveThirtyEight.com, a site...
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Rob Borowicz
o0217c
Nov 3, 2008 2:45 am
Hey y'all I just stumbled on the following from our local ABC affiliate here. Ya gotta see these! ...
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Ray Of Sunshine
yeeeeehaaaaa
Nov 3, 2008 1:34 pm
The poll I would love to see but which will never be taken is: You are home on election night and it's raining or you had a hard day at work. You hear from all...
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Toby
teletobias
Nov 3, 2008 2:51 pm
I know of at least one person here who might find this of interest: On this date in 1967: Steven Wilson, English musician and producer (Porcupine Tree) was...
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Eliot
Eliot_Wagner
Nov 3, 2008 3:50 pm
True story (at least that's what my brother says): Years ago, my brother was living in Ann Arbor. That year there was a mayoral election. About a half hour...
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Lew Goodman
lewgoodman
Nov 3, 2008 5:46 pm
Here's the link to an excellent article in the NY Daily News about Nate Silver, the founder of my newfound favorite Web site (for another day), ...
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Robert Borowicz
o0217c
Nov 3, 2008 11:17 pm
Cool story Eliot, Vote tomorrow ? Wait til tomorrow ? In Austin? Very blue city surrounded by a VERY red state ???? The lines for this election will be out the...
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Lew Goodman
lewgoodman
Nov 3, 2008 11:42 pm
According to fivethirtyeight.com, the site that impartially and scientifically analyzes all the polls, McCain now has a 1.9% chance of winning; Obama a 98.1%...
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Tom Ucko
tomucko
Nov 3, 2008 11:46 pm
FWIW, there's an online casino taking bets on the election and they have the odds of a McCain victory as 4 to 1. ... From: Lew Goodman...
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bobturba@...
bob.turba
Nov 4, 2008 12:56 am
... Lew: I only wish it were that clear or certain. On this site, within each state's numerous polls, he assigns the percentage that you mention based on the...
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Lew Goodman
lewgoodman
Nov 4, 2008 1:42 am
Actually, Bob, it's *much* more complicated than that. He bases his statistics on the validity or lack of for each poll and changing demographics in each...
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Lew Goodman
lewgoodman
Nov 4, 2008 1:46 am
Two amazing things today, besides Obama's maternal grandmother's death: 1) Karl Rove's own poll predicts Obama will win 338-200. 2) Dick Cheney's hometown...
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HorridChairSap@...
huitclos
Nov 4, 2008 2:10 am
... If it matters, I'd vote, either way. I like to vote. But, I sure am going to miss pushing those little levers, and pulling that big handle and hearing ...
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HorridChairSap@...
huitclos
Nov 4, 2008 2:53 am
If you're a fan of MP, a little very MPish tune for the election, from the blog of Spencer...the list owner of the MP list... listen or download at... <A...
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Nora Lee Mandel
mandelshultz
Nov 4, 2008 2:56 am
ONE DAY YOULL UNDERSTAND (PLUS TARD, TU COMPRENDRAS) http://film-forward.com/onedayyou.html While very few Idiots will be interested in the above movie...
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bruddah53
Nov 4, 2008 4:14 am
RIP: Yma Sumac Jimmy Carl Black Madelyn Dunham And how is it I've never heard this song till now? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrJ1whvy070...
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Wayne Zinkand
wzinkand
Nov 4, 2008 2:13 pm
... Uh, that would be Obamanos, not Obanamos, dude....
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HorridChairSap@...
huitclos
Nov 4, 2008 2:19 pm
... It's so hard to give it pu, huh, dedu? Uh, I maen, give it up, dude. . ********************************************************* AOL now offers free SPAM...
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Karla Kingsbury
karluscious
Nov 4, 2008 3:03 pm
That's how long I waited in line (or on line, if you're from around here) to vote in Upper Manhattan. For those of you in states with one-day-only election...
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Tom Ucko
tomucko
Nov 4, 2008 3:22 pm
In Summit, NJ, I signed in and voted, no line, and was in and out in under two minutes at 7:30am. ... From: Karla Kingsbury <karluscious@...> Subject:...
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Sarah Wrightson
sarahwrightson
Nov 4, 2008 3:29 pm
From friends in Brooklyn: "I turned off the media circus. I canıt believe the long lines theyıre showing. We walked over and voted this morning at a little...
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Bruce Giordano
brucegiord
Nov 4, 2008 3:30 pm
... here) to vote in Upper Manhattan. For those of you in states with one-day-only election days, how long was your line? ... Here in Oregon it's all vote by...
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Ray Of Sunshine
yeeeeehaaaaa
Nov 4, 2008 4:00 pm
Posted by: "bruddah53" Mon Nov 3, 2008 8:14 pm (PST) RIP: Yma Sumac Jimmy Carl Black Madelyn Dunham And how is it I've never heard this song till now? ...
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Lew Goodman
lewgoodman
Nov 4, 2008 4:53 pm
New York's polls are "always" open from 6 AM to 9 PM (my parents often worked them--from 5:30 AM till at least 9:30 PM--when they were elderly and I felt very...
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dcohen150
Nov 4, 2008 4:57 pm
Took less than 5 minutes at a synagogue in Manhattan...right in front of the Arc, no less. Take that, Conservatives! Gobama!...
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HorridChairSap@...
huitclos
Nov 4, 2008 6:00 pm
about 10-12 minutes, in Connecticut, longest wait was a couple of minutes to feed the ballot into the machine schwooooooooooooooooooooooop and done. busy...
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Lew Goodman
lewgoodman
Nov 4, 2008 6:02 pm
FiveThirtyEight.com, which impartially and scientifically analyzes every poll (deciding which ones are more accurate) and demography, says: Obama has a 98.9%...
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Eliot
Eliot_Wagner
Nov 4, 2008 7:10 pm
I went to PS 321, my polling place, this morning and stood on line for about 40 minutes before I got to vote, but the line continually moved. During the wait,...
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Jeff Bernstein
jslsm
Nov 4, 2008 7:31 pm
No line to vote in Jericho. In and out in the time it took to sign my name and pull the levers. This was posted on TPM this AM. It's a must read. ...
