Who Can Really Say?

The End of the World As We Know It?

If further proof is needed to conclude that cats and dogs are living together, this from Daniel Drezner.

This Josh Marshall post raises a question that's been bugging me for the last 48 hours:

The final FOX news poll -- with calls on Saturday and Sunday only --has Kerry over Bush 48% to 46% among likely voters. Among registered voters it's Kerry 47%, Bush 45%. Among those who've already voted, it's Kerry 48%, Bush 43%. (emphasis added)

But wait -- there's more!

UPDATE: Stop the presses! CBS News also has early voting results -- but they have Bush beating Kerry!

Early voters split about evenly, one-third each between Democrats, Republicans and Independents. They are a bit older: one-quarter are 65 or over, and eight in ten are above age 45. President Bush holds a lead among them (51% to 43%). (emphasis added)

Let's take a moment to allow the heads of those obsessed with media bias to explode at the thought that FOX has a poll favorable to Kerry while CBS has one favorable to Bush.

Drezner concludes that the early voting samples are too small. I conclude that if the Red Sox can win a World Series, and Fox can call for Kerry, and CBS for Bush, then the end of the world is 'nigh.

Oh -- and that the Sox will win again in 2090, and someone's in deep shit trouble over at Fox and CBS.

[Linked to the Beltway Traffic Jam.]

Posted by Peter at November 1, 2004 06:23 PM