Comments on: Exciting Gallup Poll: No Change

By: SPQR

SPQR — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:52:45 +0000

Part of this is the media's need to create "news" where there is not any, "Polling unchanged" is a headline that lacks appeal. The rest is the usual media cheer-leading for McCain.

By: There He Comes « The Van Der Galiën Gazette

There He Comes « The Van Der Galiën Gazette — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:32:00 +0000

[...] van der Galiën Fred Thompson is in and immediately does well in the polls. As James Joyner points out, however, the results of the latest poll aren’t as significant as some seem to think / [...]

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:10:05 +0000

Indeed. Although Page is a seasoned pro; I'm really surprised by this coming from her.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:50:59 +0000

I sometimes wonder how many newspaper reporters, editors, and columnists ever took a statistics course.