You read it here first. The Cincinnati cookie company declares victory for Obama over McCain based on how many more people have chomped on Barack's happy cartoon face on their blue encircled cookies over the red-ringed equivalent of Senator McCain. We have a big billboard keeping the running tally on the 75 freeway. Right now, the standings:
- Obama
- McCain
Follow me over the fold for more details and a glimpse of their faces.
Of course, the unhappy look on McCain's face is only found on the Busken website and billboard. The actual cookies for sale show both men in good humor. To keep up with the daily tally, simply go to the website itself.
According to Jack Neff, who broke the story on October 23, this poll has been accurate in predicting the winner since 1984!
Conventional polls this year are fraught with doubts -- from the "Bradley Effect" to the elusive cellphone-only households. But one poll based in the all-important swing state of Ohio has never failed since its inception in 1984, and it has Barack Obama with an almost insurmountable lead over John McCain.
Questions over the accuracy of the polls are met with strong support by the VP:
Unscientific? Perhaps. But Brian Busken, VP-marketing of the family business, said that since the poll's inception in 1984, it has accurately predicted the winner of the presidential election every four years and never been further than 4 percentage points from the final popular vote tally nationwide. (Note: While the website shows a smiling Obama cookie and a frowning McCain cookie, the cookies sold in stores have both smiling.)
"We've never seen a spread like this before in the numbers," Mr. Busken said. "I don't know if there's going to be a crumbslide or not. ... We may still predict the winner, but probably by way too many cookies."
I live in Cincinnati and it is just plain good news to see that in spite of the Enquirer's endorsement of McCain and the generally accepted wisdom that the southwest is all in for Republicans, this little cookie poll shows a groundswell of tasty support for Obama.