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Marzupialis

(398 posts) Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:27 PM Jun 2012

"too many straight lines" drawn from WI recall to GE

According to the prestigious political analyst Larry Sabato, via Twitter.

http://twitter.com/LarrySabato/status/209640721018404864

"Every election is a discrete event," Sabato says. I made a similar point yesterday, when I noted that "Walker is not Romney and his opponent is not Obama."

My assertion found little support here.

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"too many straight lines" drawn from WI recall to GE (Original Post) Marzupialis Jun 2012 OP

The national pundits and the murielm99 Jun 2012 #1

Its clearly factually true, elleng Jun 2012 #2

murielm99

(30,771 posts)

1. The national pundits and the

Reply to Marzupialis (Original post)

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:40 PM

Jun 2012

whore media are promoting this. They need the drama for their ratings. Also, anything to hurt Obama and the Democrats in general is good.

elleng

(131,173 posts)

2. Its clearly factually true,

Reply to Marzupialis (Original post)

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:49 PM

Jun 2012

but it seems to me that one election CAN show general inclinations of the public in another election. And one election could surely show whether or not particular mechanisms/approaches are or are not successful.

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