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13 years ago @ Platform [OLD] - Lord Ashcroft: Liberal... · 1 reply · +31 points

21% of voters responded "Don't Know". Here in the USA, we call them "Undecided", and we don't allocate them, or re-allocate them. We let them make up their own mind. I would also note that Undecided had more respondents than *any* of the candidates. In short, anything can happen.

15 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Stephen Harper is winn... · 0 replies · +6 points

Paul,

Ekos is an "interactive poll," i.e., the respondents don't talk to an actual person. These kinds of polls are known to be unstable and unreliable. Zogby destroyed his reputation with these down here (he predicted a Kerry win in '04).

Stick with the live-person interview polls.

15 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Podesta: "green oil sa... · 0 replies · 0 points

So Podesta whacks the Alberta oil sands just as Americans start looking for alternatives to deepwater drilling . . .while his brother runs a lobbying firm whose clients include none other than BP (Timothy P. Carney - Washington Examiner, my numerous attempts to get the link posted here have blown up in my face).

As we like to say here on the south side of the 49th, that doesn't pass the smell test.

16 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Afghanistan: "This is ... · 4 replies · 0 points

Interesting how none of you are willing to note that the biggest impediment to the success of the operation are the politically-imposed timelines for withdrawal.

I expected more from you, Paul.