CHEERS and JEERS for Jan 17, 2012

JEERS to Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is losing badly to Mitt Romney -- in his own state. In fact, quite a few Texas Republicans think his campaign has hurt Texas's image, according to this poll. He's not politically dead yet, but I think it's safe to say that he has a long, long way to go if he wants to be credible in 2016.

CHEERS to masturbation! Is masturbation, in fact, abortion? This guy says "yes!" His conclusion isn't that stupid; the syllogism is perfectly valid. It's his axioms that are wrong. But, even if they were correct...what would be the problem?

CHEERS to Braco. I'm not sure whether this is a mockumentary or a scam - either way, it's hilarious. Check out the youtube video of the new age version of Benny Hind here. Thanks to nowgoesquickly for the find!

What are you cheering and jeering today?

CHEERS and JEERS for Jan 17, 2012

JEERS to Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is losing badly to Mitt Romney -- in his own state. In fact, quite a few Texas Republicans think his campaign has hurt Texas's image, according to this poll. He's not politically dead yet, but I think it's safe to say that he has a long, long way to go if he wants to be credible in 2016.

CHEERS to masturbation! Is masturbation, in fact, abortion? This guy says "yes!" His conclusion isn't that stupid; the syllogism is perfectly valid. It's his axioms that are wrong. But, even if they were correct...what would be the problem?

CHEERS to Braco. I'm not sure whether this is a mockumentary or a scam - either way, it's hilarious. Check out the youtube video of the new age version of Benny Hind here. Thanks to nowgoesquickly for the find!

What are you cheering and jeering today?

My read of the #polls: #Obama v. #Romney is a tie. | @PPP @FoxNews

Right now, the race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is, for all intents and purposes, a tie.

PPP:

Obama 49%
Romney 44%
N=700
MOE=3.7%

Quoting:

One thing that really stands out in this poll is the extent to which Obama has claimed the middle. He's up 68-27 on Romney with moderates. He also leads by 20 points with voters under 45, a group there's been some concern about slippage with, and he has a 66-30 advantage with Hispanics.

PPP's methodology is okay, but their poll tends to lean democratic. So, to bracket, we should look at a Republican-leaning pollster. Fox News works here:

Obama 45%
Romney 46%
N=906
MOE=3%

In other words, we have a statistical tie according to Fox.

Taking these two polls as a bracket, Obama is anywhere from tied to just barely ahead of Mitt Romney. This is, IMO, a pretty good place for Obama to be right now. He's not campaigning much, and indeed the media focus has been on the Republican primaries for months now. But it should also serve as a reminder that the Democrats cannot be complacent. The time to start organizing is right now. You can start here.

My read of the #polls: #Obama v. #Romney is a tie. | @PPP @FoxNews

Right now, the race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is, for all intents and purposes, a tie.

PPP:

Obama 49%
Romney 44%
N=700
MOE=3.7%

Quoting:

One thing that really stands out in this poll is the extent to which Obama has claimed the middle. He's up 68-27 on Romney with moderates. He also leads by 20 points with voters under 45, a group there's been some concern about slippage with, and he has a 66-30 advantage with Hispanics.

PPP's methodology is okay, but their poll tends to lean democratic. So, to bracket, we should look at a Republican-leaning pollster. Fox News works here:

Obama 45%
Romney 46%
N=906
MOE=3%

In other words, we have a statistical tie according to Fox.

Taking these two polls as a bracket, Obama is anywhere from tied to just barely ahead of Mitt Romney. This is, IMO, a pretty good place for Obama to be right now. He's not campaigning much, and indeed the media focus has been on the Republican primaries for months now. But it should also serve as a reminder that the Democrats cannot be complacent. The time to start organizing is right now. You can start here.

I told you #SOPA still lived. ¦ Attn @jagoffpublishing

I knew it was bullshit.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives will resume work next month on a controversial bill aimed at stopping online piracy of movies, music and other content, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday.

Y'all didn't think the MPAA and RIAA would give up that easily, did you?

I told you #SOPA still lived. ¦ Attn @jagoffpublishing

I knew it was bullshit.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives will resume work next month on a controversial bill aimed at stopping online piracy of movies, music and other content, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday.

Y'all didn't think the MPAA and RIAA would give up that easily, did you?