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Electoral Contests Have Nothing But Polls, Which Is Why People Have Grown So Obsessed With Them; We're Desperate For An Objective Rendering Of What Is Happening And What May Happen.

Nixon In 1968, Unlike Obama 2008, Was Elected As A Minority President With Only 43 Percent Of The Vote. Yet, In 1972, He Won What, In Some Measures, Was The Most Lopsided Election In American History With 61 Percent.

It Has Never Made Any Sense To Argue That, Unique Among The People Of The World, Arabs Are More Concerned On A Day-to-day Basis About The Treatment Of People They Don't Know Than They Are About How They're Going To Put Food On Their Own Tables, Or Whether Their Sons Will Ever Find A Job.

The Presidency Is Not An Entry-level Electoral Job.

You'd Think Experienced Political Professionals Would Know Better Than To Place Their Trust In Exit Polls, Notoriously Inaccurate Surveys That Had John Kerry Winning The 2004 Election By Five Points When He Actually Lost By Three.