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Re: GOP leader Rush wants Specter to take McCain (and Meghan)

RonThompson — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:04:58 -0000

Limbaugh is not the titular leader of the Republicans--that would be Michael Steele, or perhaps John McCain. Limbaugh is the de facto, or actual, leader of the Republicans.

Re: A contrary view on Lieberman

RonThompson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:09:30 -0000

I don't know where Evan Bayh and MG got the idea that Liebermamn can be replaced in the middle of the 111th Congress if the Democrats choose to do so, but I don't think that's correct.
It's my understanding that the Senate adopts an organizing resolution at the beginning of each Congress, assigning committee posts and chairs. To change that during the 111th Congress would require passage of a motion, which would be subject to a filibuster, and there would not, at present, be 60 votes to invoke cloture if Lieberman and all the Republicans oppose it. Lieberman can be expelled from the caucus by a majority vote among Democrats, but there's no way he will be removed as Committee Chair once the Senate has approved a resolution appointing him to that position.

Re: David Gregory: Meet Pollster.com and FiveThirtyEight.com

RonThompson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:20:43 -0000

Nor is it just David Gregory and NBC. CNN at noon Eastern time October 15th reported their own Virginia poll in which Obama leads 53-43. But their Electoral Vote Projection has Obama at 264, with Virginia a "toss up".

Re: David Gregory: Meet Pollster.com and FiveThirtyEight.com

RonThompson — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:45:53 -0000

This needs to be explained as simply as possible:
In order to maximize their profits from sales of newspapers and of advertising, the corporate media is lying to their readers and viewers, trying to convince them that the election is much closer than it is.

Re: Colorado only remaining toss-up state, Hotline says

eluning — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:36:31 -0000

Yes, WVa is Obama-lean based on the most recent poll, ARG, which is a Republican polling outfit and which has Obama up 50-42, which is outside the 4 percent margin of error. I imagine it's a lean because that's the first WVa poll to show Obama ahead, previous polls have had McCain up.

And mathyoo, you're right, most recent polls have shown Obama with healthy leads in Colorado, but this is a projection, not just the result of the latest poll. Hotline also doesn't consider every poll that comes down the pike -- the most recent Colorado poll in its stable is the Denver Post's Mason Dixon poll from a week ago, which showed Obama and McCain in a dead heat. I would imagine Colorado moves at least to Obama-lean in next week's Hotline projection.

Re: Colorado only remaining toss-up state, Hotline says

RonThompson — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:21:01 -0000

This seems to be off by 5. Are they counting West Virginia for Obama? With Kerry's 252, they're adding Florida 27, Ohio 20, Iowa 7, New Mexico 5, North Carolina 15, Nevada 5, and Virginia 13. That's 344, not 349.

Re: Poor Gwen Ifill, Sarah Palin 'blew me off'

Bush_Bites — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:13:34 -0000

If it's like any of the others, the moderators will take the question, then reword and ask follow ups 'til they barely resemble the original question.

Re: Poor Gwen Ifill, Sarah Palin 'blew me off'

RonThompson — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:02:10 -0000

Gwen "Potted Plant" Awful and Brokaw are jokes, of course. But I thought the Tuesday debate is a town-hall style format where the questions come from the audience, not Brokaw.

Re: The Scoreboard: Thursday, Sept. 18 - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

ImNotBlue — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:23:28 -0000

I thought we were supposed to look at trends, and numbers over a period of time. Another article posted here today says that he's up significantly from last year... so isn't that something?

Tokar? Where are you, buddy. Isn't this your specialty?

Re: The Scoreboard: Thursday, Sept. 18 - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

bart1205 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:23:41 -0000

Headline News is a niche network like CNBC. Look at Jim Cramer's numbers. On an average night he has about 200,000 viewsers but this show is a huge hit for CNBC. Headline News is not after large numbers. Nancy Grace does well when there is a huge court case ala OJ.

Re: The Scoreboard: Thursday, Sept. 18 - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

RonThompson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:29:20 -0000

Exactly. On first run, she outdraws him 501 to a pathetic 205 in the prime demographic, and 1204 to 691 among all viewers. When she goes away he drops CNN Headline from 1204 to 729, and from 501 to 261. When he goes away, her repeats top his repeats 351 to 261 and 744 to 729.
Glenn Beck's ratings give rich new meaning to the term "anchor" when it comes to network news.

Re: The Scoreboard: Thursday, Sept. 18 - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

Joes_Shovel — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:57:14 -0000

This has been covered before, for Headline News he's doing well. Compared to a few years ago when they just showed 1/2 hour newscasts 24 hours a day, he's got good ratings.

Re: The Scoreboard: Thursday, Sept. 18 - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

bart1205 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:31:43 -0000

His numbers are good for Headline News.

Re: The Scoreboard: Thursday, Sept. 18 - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

RonThompson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:40:57 -0000

Why is Glenn Beck still on my television? He draws barely 10% of the viewers on all four networks for his two hours, and less than 12% of viewers 25-54.

Re: The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Sept. 17 - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

RonThompson — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:56:59 -0000

So in Prime Time MSNBC outdrew CNN among both the 25-54 demographic and all viewers last night. How often has that happened?

Re: Tweeties Gone Wild

Scottsdalian — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:29:23 -0000

Same thing. Toma(e)to/Toma(h)to.

Re: Tweeties Gone Wild

RonThompson — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:51:37 -0000

John, you wrote "trying to claim that McCain and company aren't really Republicans". Is that right, or did you mean "Bush and company"?

Re: Rumors that the Fed will cut interest rates

RonThompson — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:31:20 -0000

Lord knows I'm no economist, but how is lowering interest rates inflationary? Don't lower interest rates reduce the cost of borrowing?