{"id":13002,"date":"2014-06-14T00:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T07:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13002"},"modified":"2014-06-14T00:05:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T07:05:57","slug":"open-thread6142014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/14\/open-thread6142014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/14\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, and I\u2019m feeling pretty groggy, because I slept most of the day.  Fortunately I got most of my research done, before I ran out of gas.  I\u2019ve fallen behind on housework, and I thought the gal I pay to help was coming over today, but she couldn\u2019t make it, so for the next few days, I\u2019ll have to be on a major cleaning jag including the most dreaded task of all.  Day 54.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 2:59 (average 4:30).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>OR-Sen<\/strong>: In the wake of McLaughlin & Associates’ epic debacle<\/a> in the Eric Cantor race, anyone thinking about releasing any internal polling from any GOP pollster right now should consider his or her decision very carefully\u2014especially if your numbers cut against the bulk of data already out there. Even Republican pollster Frank Luntz acknowledged this reality and shredded his own party<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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"Right now there are 230 House Republicans who are waking up praying that they do not have Eric Cantor’s pollster. Honestly, and I’m one of them, we Republican pollsters suck<\/strong>. We have no ability to be able to analyze the electorate."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, Monica Wehby may think it’s unfair\u2014after all, she’s using Tarrance, not McLaughlin\u2014but she doesn’t seem to have realized the credibility problem she’s facing in publishing a poll<\/a> that shows her trailing Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley by just a 41-39 margin. Just a few weeks ago, after all, the much more reliable PPP found Merkley up 50-36<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But Wehby’s timing could not have been worse, because a brand-new independent poll<\/a> from SurveyUSA for KATU-TV in Portland dropped just hours later. What did SUSA find?<\/p>\n

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Merkley: 50
      Wehby: 32<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Next time, listen to Frank Luntz\u2026 [emphasis original<\/em>]<\/p>\n

It won’t matter. As a rule stalkers, like Wehby, ignore the facts in favor of belief in a super-optimistic outcome for their dysfunctional behavior. If she had an accurate pollster, she would fire the company, because it isn’t what she wants to hear.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Vimeo<\/a>: <\/font>Every year, Store to Door volunteers make 7,000 deliveries of fresh food, medications, and household items to Portland area elders.<\/p>\n