1 Shhhh - If we can keep them from getting nervous as long as possible, let's do it.

Rasmussen is Satan's pollster.  PPP is Moloch.  Pay no attention to them.

2 Whoa...  It loaded.  Someone needs to buy the (server) farm.

3 I'm texting/calling every one of my friends (most of whom are Dems by occupation, or just politically naive) in MA  and asking them to vote for Brown. I've saved my chits over the years and never asked any (well, many) of them to vote for anyone specific. Some will definitely hook me up and vote Brown. I can't believe I'm not a registered MA voter for the first legit Senate election since I've been a voter. My timing sucks.

4 It's great that you're posting all this content Ace but maybe you could stop and kick Pixy so Pixy could kick the servers.  This is painful!

5 See, that's why Karl is teh smart and passes along his smarts to Ace's smart, military blog and why us morons stop in.

6 Damn sockpuppet...I blame pixy.

7 As stated, the largest problem with the Globe's poll is that it over polls Democrats, and incredibly under polls Independents.

The reason why this is a problem is because Independents make up over 50% of the voting registration.

8

The UNH polling service that did this poll is terrible. They use students to cold call people and have an agenda. 

9 #7 -

This is a special election.  Undeclared turnout may be lower than usual.  Or not.  Nobody will really know until election day - though partisans are more likely to turn out for off-season, off-year special elections than nonpartisans. 

Differing turnout models = wildly inconsistent polling.

10 I'm not counting unhatched chickens.  If Brown can pull this off in MA, its a miracle.

Special election is nine days away, and that still enough time for quite a bit to happen.

11 10 I'm not counting unhatched chickens.  If Brown can pull this off in MA, its a miracle.

Special election is nine days away, and that still enough time for quite a bit to happen.

Posted by: looking closely at January 10, 2010 03:22 PM (9CRJf)

I seem to recall the same being said of a GOP win in New Jersey.

12

There's just no way, NO WAY, that the Globe would publish faulty polls that would keep conservatives from voting. Why, they'd just as soon pick our candidates. 

No way, I tell you.

13 Charles sent me over to help with the servers.  You're, er I mean I'm almost done.

14 Some citizens' group needs to organize "fair voting volunteers" that will patrol polling places with video cameras. This in an effort to prevent intimidation that is later ruled not to be intimidation.

15

Some citizens' group needs to organize "fair voting volunteers" that will patrol polling places with video cameras.

They have those - they are called election judges. Want to combat voter fraud. Want to make sure elections don't get stolen. Volt. to be an election judge. Its not glorious work. You go through several hours of training, show up on election day at 4 or 5 a.m., your there for 12 hours and, for the most part, you don't get paid. Or, on the other hand, you can complain about ACORN and the dems. Your choice.  If interested, contact your local Republican party and volunteer. And let them know, you will go to any precient, not just your own.

Sure but do they hang out on the sidewalk and or street corner?

16 This can't be, Ace. I mean, it would be like basing trillion-dollar decisions on hand-picked data on climate from one tree and a dozen trees instead of the 50 or so trees in the same data set.

17 THE GLOBE POLL IS BULLSHIT.  THEY'RE ASTROTURFING BECAUSE THEY'RE AWARE THAT BROWN STANDS A CHANCE.

18 Interesting take by Polipundit: "WeÂ’ll see what happens on January 19. Personally, I believe a Coakley win by single digits would be an ideal outcome. It would push more Democrats to retire, while preserving a 60-vote Dem Senate majority that would force the Dems to consider (and fail to pass) massively unpopular legislation like illegal-alien amnesty and Cap-and-Tax."

19 7 As stated, the largest problem with the Globe's poll is that it's the Globe's poll... Posted by: enoxo at January 10, 2010 03:14 PM (YFjad) A little help from your buddy turfmann, whose dog will not shit on the Boston Globe in protest of their infidelity to legitimate journalism. No kidding, he's one of those incredible border collies that are way smarter than people. In fact, you probably think that turfmann is typing this don't you? Nah, it's me Fred the border collie. I tricked turfmann into going out to get me some beggin' strips. I just sat down at the computer for a minute to catch up on some doggie porn while he was out.

20 #19 That's not Astroturfing.  I'm not sure you can Astroturf a poll, but if you could, it would consist of two or more polls.  The first would show Brown tied or ahead or close, the second, would show what this poll shows...

21

The Globe is just a dust-up for when ACORN moves in with their magical recount method of finding "missing" votes to elect Coakley.

Stealing elections is what Democrats do and the Globe is running cover for the operation.

 

22 The polls do not lie. That Martha Coakley is very well spoken for a C....