Month: February 2008

I know that polls don’t mean a whole lot this far out from the November elections, but the following Rasmussen polls show that Obama is currently a much, much stronger candidate against John McCain than Hillary Clinton....

Reported by CNN this morning: ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — The Rev. James Orange, a civil rights activist whose 1965 jailing sparked a fatal protest that ultimately led to the famed Selma-to-Montgomery march and the Voting...

Where, like democracy flows like water and the Taliban have been routed and all that jazz: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores more Sunday, a...

. Update [2008-2-18 8:17:13 by Oui]: New suicide blast kills 35 in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, near Pakistan border KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – A Taliban suicide car bomb aimed at Canadian soldiers killed 35 civilians, a...

I recently commented on the many sources of variability in the polls. After taking a little closer look at the polls used in Texas, I find it’s hardly a surprise that they are predicting divergent outcomes....