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President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Jan 20, 2021.

  1. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Wasserman in particular, and the Cook Political Report in general, were very very badly burned in 2020 because of their profound belief in internal campaign polls as the best available polls. Both R and D polls underestimated the number of infrequent voting Rs Trump was able to get to vote, despite what had happened in 2016. In an overreaction, Wasserman now discounts almost all polls, and especially discounts polls showing Democrats leading. It's a classic example of the trend where the "data-based" analysts, confronting the fact political data is unreliable, have reverted to just confirming their priors. That is, party holding the White House almost always loses seats in the midterm, therefore that is what's happening now no matter what polls say.
    He could be right, but it's just a fucking guess.
     
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  2. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    That's gonna be awkward.
     
  3. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    This guy has all the makings of our next POTUS.
     
  4. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    So Herschel is cool because he’s been redeemed and has been forgiven. Even though he didn’t do anything wrong.
     
  5. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    All you have to do is say you love Jesus and you are forgiven.
     
  6. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    How many ways can Fox News be a force for evil? Infinite.

     
  7. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

  8. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

  9. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

  10. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member


    So yeah - the old "Trump kept us out of foreign conflicts!!!!" wasn't because Trump was some sort of peacenik.

    He just didn't want to have to follow up on the icky parts of being Commander in Chief (i.e. making difficult choices which may result in the deaths of the people you put in harm's way).
     
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  11. Octave

    Octave Well-Known Member

    he couldn't even read a map and we're supposed to believe he had statesmanlike qualities. Yeah, no.
     
  12. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

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