Pocket for Android is a hell of a tool for aggregating news stories that you actually want to read from a variety of sources. It makes it pretty easy to pick up stories as you want to read them. Good stuff.
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I always find it interesting when a handful of dedicated researchers can create a model that the government cannot. Is it a reflection of having lots of data transparently available, or the result of unfettered effort? At any rate, it's good to know that some people are trying to crunch the numbers.
I'd be interested in knowing the total number of data points they used in constructing their model, and it's efficacy for 2011 predictions.
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I would like to know how the sample questions are set up. If the questions says "Do you support reducing military spending by virtue of bringing the troops home?", then most people would say yes. It seems a bit strange that more than 70% of Republicans would want reduced military spending instead of grinding the ax on social spending, but whatever.
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Ya think? Of course money is being wasted in Iraq.. It's also being wasted here. Where's the accountability report for that?
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Also not really a surprise. The real surprise to me is that the offensive in the drug war is still so staunch when all the evidence says that cracking down on it with prison sentences and such is ineffective. Not to mention the audacity of criminalizing acts which may only serve to harm that individual rather than endangering others.
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