8 Responses to Tracking Failure

1. twolf1 September 30th, 2008 at 5:36 am 1

   It’s scary that many people still approve of the idiot chimp.

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2. Rayne September 30th, 2008 at 5:49 am 2

   We’ll have to agree to disagree. I suspect there’s a constant in a society like ours, consisting of authoritarian personalities as well as those with lower I.Q.’s who would automatically defer to the president, no matter who was in office. Their inability to think critically and deeply by virtue of personality type or limitations would not permit them to do otherwise.

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3. Jim White September 30th, 2008 at 5:54 am 3

   In response to Rayne @ 2

   authoritarian personalities as well as those with lower I.Q.’s who would automatically defer to the president

   Possible, and I probably would have agreed with that until the bailout legislation was proposed. With the calls to Congress running in the 100-1 range against the proposal that Bush was clearly pushing, I’m thinking there has been a big breakthrough there. That would not be reflected in the poll released today. I would not be surprised by another big discontinuity, this time in the down direction, based on the economic meltdown and Bush’s first proposal.

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4. ThingsComeUndone September 30th, 2008 at 6:30 am 4

   Hmmm 90 – 30 (round up from 27) = 60
   Lets be nice and assume that Bush does not go any lower. I know fat chance with a 777 point market drop which I’m sure has not been factored into the polls completely yet.
   8 years / by a 60 point drop = 7 points a year drop with 1 year getting an 11 point drop. If my math is right.
   How does this compare with Nixon or Hoover’s polls?

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5. ThingsComeUndone September 30th, 2008 at 6:31 am 5

   In response to Jim White @ 3

   With the calls to Congress running in the 100-1 range against the proposal that Bush was clearly pushing

   Link please this seems very interesting.

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6. Jim White September 30th, 2008 at 6:44 am 6

   In response to ThingsComeUndone @ 5

   People in the threads yesterday were mentioning that. In fact, one person said their Congresscritter reported 350 no calls and 2 yes. I did find this in WaPo, but it doesn’t give numbers:

   Members of Congress in both liberal and conservative districts were inundated with e-mails and phone calls from angry voters opposing the bailout. With Election Day a little more than a month away, many lawmakers appeared to pay greater heed to their constituents than to their party leaders.

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7. ThingsComeUndone September 30th, 2008 at 7:55 am 7

   In response to Jim White @ 6

   Thanks for the link.

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8. Jim White September 30th, 2008 at 8:31 am 8

   In response to ThingsComeUndone @ 7

   Here’s an even better one that Glenn Greenwald just cited from The New Republic:

   But faced with as many as 200 telephone calls against the bailout for every one in favor, a lot of House members decided to listen to their constituents today instead of their campaign donors.

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