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In reply to the discussion: Gravis Marketing Exposed II. The Evisceration of Douglas Kaplan [View all]Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)So why are we sweating those at all? 538 and RCP are both out the window.
So all the validating of Romney that those polls contributed in the weeks since the first debate, are bullshit as well. The turnaround was less about his "performance" and more about this phoneying of the numbers.
How convenient. Very frankly, this strikes me as similar to the amateurish antics of the Watergate plumbers and Dirty Tricksters. I think this is THE story of this election, and I think the national reporters and pollsters should've checked this out a lot sooner. What the hell have they been doing but mouthing each other's pablum?
I'm really disgusted. Well at least we don't have to waste any energy on those particular polls until this gets fixed. I'm curious as to what Nate Silver and RCP are going to do, and say, about this. And the self-righteous know-it-all pundits, they've been reporting nonsense for weeks! Unreal.
Kudos grantcart! Very well done indeed.