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Losing It Big

11.5.04 @ 12:01AM

FOUR MORE MONTHS
Once again, all but one Swift Boat Vet served America well in its time of need.

Thank you, sincerely.
-- David Govett
Davis, California

MR. PERFECT
Re: David Hogberg's Electoral State College:

Tuesday night as I stayed up until the week hours here in California I had a print out of Hogberg's predictions in front of me whilst flicking amongst the news channels, keeping score at home.

It was easy .... All I had to do was to put check marks next to each of Mr. Hogberg's predictions as they came true.

By 3 a.m. Pacific time I called it quits, and went to bed for a few fitful hours of sleep with only a few check marks left to make.

Getting a state by state prediction 100% accurate surely qualifies as scary smart. I consider myself reasonably well informed and intelligent, but I bow before true greatness in this case.

Well done!
-- John Horner
Morgan Hill, California

ALMOST PERFECT
Re: David Hogberg's Why Kerry Lost:

Mr. Hogberg almost got it right in "Why Kerry Lost." But he and other pundits have not considered another portion of the American electorate, the reluctant Bush voters.

My wife and I, both registered Democrats, voted reluctantly for Bush. We would gladly have voted for Joe Lieberman.

The Democrats lost the election by nominating Kerry. We remembered Kerry's Vietnam anti-war statements and his anti-military policies in the Senate. My wife's brother died in Vietnam. My best friend suffers today from grievous wounds received in Vietnam. I proudly served in the U.S. Navy. We could never support a Democrat with his history.

And, if the Democrats nominate Hillary Clinton in 2008 and the Republicans nominate any reasonable candidate, we will vote for the Republican.
-- Nelson Ward
Ribera, New Mexico

EXIT STAGED LEFT
Re: The Prowler's Tuesday's Dirty Numbers:

I saw the Prowler article suggesting that bogus exit polling data was circulated around the Internet. I have another theory that may explain the real exit polling data being off by several percentage points.

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