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The Case of the Missing Poll

Sunday, February 2nd, 2020

Not a Hardy Boys mystery:

The Des Moines Register, CNN and Selzer & Co. have made the decision to not release the final installment of the CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll as planned Saturday evening.

Nothing is more important to the Register and its polling partners than the integrity of the Iowa Poll. Today, a respondent raised an issue with the way the survey was administered, which could have compromised the results of the poll. It appears a candidate’s name was omitted in at least one interview in which the respondent was asked to name their preferred candidate.

While this appears to be isolated to one surveyor, that could not be confirmed with certainty. Therefore, out of an abundance of caution, the partners made the difficult decision not to move forward with releasing the poll. The poll was the last one scheduled by the polling partners before the first-in-the-nation Iowa presidential caucuses, which are Monday.

J. Ann Selzer, whose company conducts the Iowa Poll, said, “There were concerns about what could be an isolated incident. Because of the stellar reputation of the poll, and the wish to always be thought of that way, the heart-wrenching decision was made not to release the poll. The decision was made with the highest integrity in mind.”

Check that out: a respondent.

One.

Something’s not adding up.

According to Politico:

The New York Times reported that Pete Buttigieg’s campaign complained the former mayor’s name was left off the list of candidates in one interview, leading the media partners to throw the poll out entirely.

Again, who cancels a poll because one partisan complained something was off? More:

Underscoring the attention paid to the poll, CNN had planned an hourlong TV program around its release. Instead, at 9 p.m. Eastern, the network’s political director, David Chalian, went on the air to explain why the poll wasn’t being issued.

Something stinks here. My guess is they saw something in the poll they didn’t want the public to see, mostly likely that Bernie Sanders was clobbering the other candidates, and CNN told them to pull the plug.

Some tweets (usual rumor caveats apply):

This has been making the rounds a lot. I’m suspicious of it, especially because why would they use everyone’s last names except for Bernie?

Reminder: That same poll missed a late Ted Cruz surge four years ago. Given the way the DNC and media put it’s thumb on the scales for Hillary, and how consistently the media has destroyed what little credibility it still had left pushing every anti-Trump narrative that flowed down the sewer pipe, they no longer get the benefit of the doubt when things like this happen. Our default assumption now is that you’re lying for partisan advantage. Especially with CNN. You’re worthless garbage and we hope AT&T fires everyone and shuts down your entire network in embarrassment.

Right now this poll is 92% not believing the Register‘s explanation:

Finally: OK, I laughed:

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LinkSwarm for October 18, 2019

Friday, October 18th, 2019

Enjoy another Friday LinkSwarm.

  • Brexit deal struck. But the UK parliament still needs to approve it.
  • Lebanon is burning over the ruling coalition’s decision to impose higher taxes.

    Nationwide protests paralyzed Lebanon on Friday as demonstrators blocked major roads in a second day of rallies against the government’s handling of a severe economic crisis and the entire country’s political class.

    The protests were the largest since 2015, and could further destabilize a country already on the verge of collapse and with one of the highest debt loads in the world.

    The protests could plunge Lebanon into a political crisis with unpredictable repercussions for the economy, which has been in steady decline for the past few years. Some of the protesters said they would stay in the streets until the government resigns.

    Time and again, the protesters shouted “Revolution!” and “The people want to bring down the regime,” echoing a refrain chanted by demonstrators during Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region in 2011.

    “We are here today to ask for our rights. The country is corrupt, the garbage is all over the streets and we are fed up with all this,” said Loris Obeid, a protester in downtown Beirut.

    Sounds like Baltimore…

  • The DNC is very, very upset that President Donald Trump and non-MSM media are even allowed to say mean things about their candidates.
  • In bellweather Ohio, impeachment is not a winning topic for Democrats.
  • In Louisiana, Republicans make big gains in off-year election. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
  • AOC gets a primary challenge.
  • Entire Des Moines Register-sponsored charity bike rideresigns over their handling of Carson King story. That’s the “hey, this guy just raised millions for charity, let’s destroy his life over an eight year old Tweet because we can, then refuse to admit we did anything wrong” story.
  • Maryland Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, the man who couldn’t impeach Donald Trump, now never will. Dead at 68.
  • ClintonSpawn not running for congress.

  • Chinese develop helicopter flying saucer? Color me skeptical that it actually works. And if it does work, it’s less a helicopter than a flying turbofan.
  • If you think Wayne Messam’s longshot presidential campaign is embarrassing, it’s a veritable juggernaut next to Republican congressman Mark Sanford’s longshot presidential campaign launch. One person showed up: the story’s reporter. And if Sanford’s name rings a faint bell: “It’s been more a decade since Sanford, now 59, faced potential impeachment, was censured by his own legislature, and got slapped with dozens of ethics violations after that infamous rendezvous in Buenos Aires. While the then-married governor was out of the office, his staff initially said he was just out ‘hiking the Appalachian Trail,’ a phrase that became the 2009 version of a meme and was used as a euphemism for anything related to politics and sexual escapades.” (Hat tip: Ann Althouse.)
  • Here’s a really good piece on Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. It’s interesting even if you’re not particularly into football, as it goes into detail about the hyper-focused approach he takes to achieving greatness.
  • Recreation: Flight simulator. Obsession: networked air traffic control simulation based on networked flight simulators. (Yes, that post is for Rich.)
  • “College Professor Says SpongeBob Is an Evil, Racist, Colonial Monster.” (Hat tip: Stephen Green at Instapundit.)

  • Brazen thief walks into art gallery and steals $20,000 Salvador Dali etching.
  • Remembering the London Beer Flood of 1814. (Hat tip: The Corner.)
  • “Trump Blamed For Causing Violence In Typically Peaceful Middle East.”
  • “ABC News Airs Authentic Footage Of 164-Foot-Tall Godzilla Rampaging Through Syria.”
  • Happy Halloween:

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