mrv3000 | (no subject)

One thing I'll be really interested in is how close fivethirtyeight.com will be to reality. Will nerd-like statistics based on every poll out there equate to what happens? Their prediction today is Obama 349, McCain 189. We'll see.

Also, one article on there is talking about the evils of Exit Polls. Well, YEAH. After 2004 when everyone got burned on Exit Polls, I had no idea people were still using them. I seriously can't remember Exit Polls being talked about in 2006. And I'd think they'd be even less reliable today, given that more and more people are voting by mail. Eh, maybe news outlets talk about Exit Polls when I'm at work, and so don't see them doing it. I guess they've gotta fill their time today somehow. Oh wait! They could do a story on paper towels! (Did you know they dry things?) :D

Locally, I'm the most interested in Prop 8 - the anti-gay marriage amendment. I could get into a long ramble about it but...I won't. Other than to say that while to some it might be about protecting marriage (which...pre-dates recorded history and isn't something invented by Christianity or even Judaism), but to me it's simple discrimination. I really will never see it any other way.