Remember that game last year right after his dad died? Change the circumstances some and repeat.

Sorry to drag this back to the topic, but I'd be willing to be one of the reasons there are so many so-called "undecided" voters is because people don't want to talk to pollsters.

It's the same reason that there are way fewer signs out this election than normal (at least in my area)--both sides feel very strongly about things, and admitting who you're for could expose you to at best a glare and at worst a keyed car or lawn vandalism. Saying "I'm undecided" is a quick way to get someone out of your face.

Yabbut at least one of the polls (Survey USA?) is completely phone-automated - as in, press 1 for Bush, 2 for Kerry, 3 for Nader, 4 for Undecided.

Which is also going to lead to some bias that they think they can factor out.

I was push polled by a teachers union I was once affiliated with. The options were minimal and naturally Mike wasn't one of them. I suppose I could count as an undecided between Kerry and Badnarik. I really don't see myself voting for someone who voted for the war or the Patriot Act though. Saw F-911 last night. The most effective parts were the scenes of Iraqis living life before the war, the civilian casualties, the American amputees, and the dead GIs mother. :(

Sen. Robert Byrd was on Fresh Air not too long ago. When Terry Gross asked him about the Patriot Act, he basically said that he regretted supporting it, saying that Congress felt pressure to do something right away in the wake of 9/11, and voila.

Not all of the act is bad, but it definitely needs to be fixed...and I think Kerry--along with the Dems and true conservatives--will fix it.

I think that Kerry is a good candidate, but let's break it down to the simplest of questions: Do you want 4 more years of Bush? Can Kerry do any worse than Bush?

Standard political idiocy: Something must be done. This is something. Therefore this must be done.

???

So an historical analogy would be voting for the Communists to keep the Nazis out of power?

They didn't even bother reading it. It was something, something had to be voted on, so they voted for it.

Ooops thought you meant us not Congress.

That's what I thought, too.

I don't know if I'd go that far with the analogy, man. :) But here's another simple question: Do you want the legislative and executive branches of government to remain joined at the hip?

HM, you're right...it was incredibly stupid of our Congress to do such a thing. At least some of them are willing to admit it was stupid now.

Hmmm... I suppose you could look at it that way. :D You have to remember, though, that Hitler siezed power in the early 30's before the communists really got their bad rep. Who knows what a German democratically elected communist government would have been like? Without Hitler, Germany might have become an early version of Sweden today.

Mickey Kaus wonders whether voters would be embarrassed to admit to a Kerry vote to a live pollster. Mystery Pollster says

I think the newly registered voters are going to make the polsters look bad.

"seized" is kinda strong isn't it? He used the tools available just like next week when Bush and Kerry are in several state courts around the country.

Waitwaitwait...so if you're rooting for Badnarik, what do you do? Do you hit undecided even though you HAVE decided? That don't smell right.