Why should he be so candid about the prospect of defeat? Above is the front page of tonight’s Evening Standard which seems to break all the rules of elections. Candidates are “never” supposed to contemplate the prospect of defeat because it’s thought it will demoralise their own supporters. So why is Ken saying this – assuming the quotes in the paper are accurate? It raises a whole pile of questions. Has he seen private polling which suggests that next Thursday…
Like Bartlett – what about a Nobel Prize winning President? Every so often in this pro-longed battle for the Democratic nomination someone pops and puts forward the name of Al Gore – seen in the picture giving his acceptance speech after being awarded the Nobel Prize. The argument is usually the same – the bitter contest between Obama and Clinton has so embittered large parts of the party that the only way of creating the unity required to compete in…
Will the “golden rule” apply again next week? So far four polling firms have produced surveys on the 2008 London Mayoral race and it looks as though each will be doing at least one further survey for publication in the next week. What’s great about this contest is that it’s about aggregate vote totals across London and we’ll be able to compare directly the performance of each polling firm with the actual result. In this election there is no hiding…
The presumptive GOP nominee, John McCain, is seeking to put pressure on his party in North Carolina to try to get this commercial withdrawn. We’ll see. Mike Smithson
“A rogue pollster is one that produces figures that you don’t agree with – the degree of rogueness at any one time being directly proportional to your view of a recent survey or group of surveys.”
Tax/budget seems the obvious choice – but will it be? So it’s back to the the regular Wednesday PMQ clash between Dave and Gord in the commons. It seems ages since they last faced each other and it’s good that Ladbrokes are continuing with their weekly betting market. Having failed miserably to guess on previous occasions I am reluctant to make a suggestion. From Cameron ‘s perspective this is all about tactics and wrong-footing the Prime Minister. What seems so…
Picture DaveMundy Is it down now to whether she can keep raising the money? Whether you agree with her or not you have to admire the sheer guts and determination of Hillary to stick in this race. The Pennsylvania demographics and the fact that it was a closed primary meant that the state was always going to be a “must win” for her – but was the margin enough? Her lead over Obama was decisive but not on the scale…
The polls close at 1am UK time. The first details of the exit polling are coming in. The range of White House Race betting prices is here,