Surprise! Offshore oil leaking 25x faster (25,000b/day).

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Friday April 30, 2010 · 9:58 PM PDT

2010/04/30 · 21:58

Who ever could have seen this coming (well, besides the DFHs, real Dems, and other communist types)...?

From the WSJ: Experts: Oil May Be Leaking at Rate of 25,000 Barrels a Day in Gulf

WASHINGTON—The Gulf of Mexico oil spill could be leaking at a rate of 25,000 barrels a day, five times the government's current estimate, industry experts say.

Basing their calculations on government data and standard industry measurement tools, the experts said the Gulf spill may already rival the historic 1969 Santa Barbara, Calif., and 1989 Exxon Valdez disasters.

Ian MacDonald, professor of oceanography at Florida State University who specializes in tracking ocean oil seeps from satellite imagery, said there may already be more than 9 million gallons of oil floating in the Gulf now, based on his estimate of a 25,000 barrel-a-day leak rate. That's compared to 12 million gallons spilled in the Valdez accident.

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Saturday January 23, 2010 · 11:35 PM PST

2010/01/23 · 23:35

I just saw this on TPM: "Stray animals".

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has compared giving people government assistance to "feeding stray animals."

Bauer, who is running for the Republican nomination for governor, made his remarks during a town hall meeting in Fountain Inn that included state lawmakers and about 115 residents.

"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better," Bauer said.

In South Carolina, 58 percent of students participate in the free and reduced-price lunch program.

(emphasis mine)

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Wednesday March 04, 2009 · 5:43 PM PST

2009/03/04 · 17:43

Imagine if a Democrat had said this about a Republican chief of staff (CNN link):

"Don't let his effeminate nature and his ballerina past mislead you on this. He may look effeminate (he was a ballerina at one time) but he has the feral instincts of a female rat defending its young," Limbaugh said.

You read that correctly. Rahm looks "effeminate" and has the "feral instincts of a female rat." Could you fit more misogynistic, homophobic vitrol into a single sentence? And Rush wonders why he doesn't "own the women."

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 1:10 PM PDT

2008/06/11 · 13:10

Today, CNN posted an article online summarizing the Tax Policy center's report comparing John McCain and Barack Obama's proposed tax plans. It is available here. The numbers are remarkable, but CNN failes to notice the obvious punchline: more than 85% of Americans will pay less in taxes under Obama than McCain.

Data tables below the fold.

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Monday June 09, 2008 · 10:04 AM PDT

2008/06/09 · 10:04

Now, both Rasmussen and Gallup are showing post-primary bounces for Barack Obama. In the latest Gallup daily tracking poll, Obama now leads by 6 points:

Obama: 48 (46)
McCain: 42 (44)

That's a 4-point bounce in just one day. (Edit- I should note that Gallup switched to 3-day averaging from 5-day averaging, but Gallup says that his lead would still be significant even with 5-day averaging)

In Rasmussen's poll, Obama has an 8-point lead without leaners and a 6-point lead when leaners are included:

Without leaners:
Obama: 48
McCain: 40

With Leaners:
Obama: 50
McCain: 44

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Friday April 18, 2008 · 7:52 AM PDT

2008/04/18 · 07:52

This is a quick hit-and-run diary, but A new poll by Rasmussen shows Obama only down by 3 points in PA:

Clinton 47 (50)
Obama 44 (41)

Numbers in parentheses are from 4/14; today's results are from 4/17.

This is statistically significant movement. My guess is that the people of PA were turned off by Clinton's unbelievable and unprecedented negativity at the ABC presidential debate.

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Sunday April 13, 2008 · 10:33 AM PDT

2008/04/13 · 10:33

Despite 2 days of blathering on every news network, there does not yet appear to be a downward shift for Obama in the national tracking polls.

Today, Gallup showed Obama +2 from yesterday, while Rasmussen showed him -3 from yesterday, a complete wash.

Gallup:
Obama 50 (49)
Clinton 41 (42)

Rasmussen:
Obama 45 (46)
Clinton 46 (44)

Note that for the last 21 days, Obama has lead by an average of 4.8 points, which is outside the margin of error.

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Tuesday April 08, 2008 · 9:54 AM PDT

2008/04/08 · 09:54

First, today's National Trackers:

Rasmussen
Obama 51 Clinton 40

Gallup
Obama 51 Clinton 43

And the graph of the combined national trackers over the past 3 weeks:

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Friday April 04, 2008 · 10:01 AM PDT

2008/04/04 · 10:01

A new dynamic in the national polling for the Democratic nomination has emerged. For weeks, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been roughly tied in the aggregate of both the Rasmussan and Gallup tracking polls, oscillating between 44 and 46%. Over the last 9 days, Obama has clearly begun to break away from the national stalemate, and he now polls between 46 and 49.5%, while Clinton is polling between 42 and 45.5%.

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Sunday March 30, 2008 · 10:03 AM PDT

2008/03/30 · 10:03

There is now serious and sustained national momentum for Barack Obama. In the Gallup daily tracking poll, he is now at 52% vs 42% for HRC. This is the highest he has ever been in this poll and the 3rd consecutive day that he has polled at 50% or higher.

Update- Thanks to Al Rodgers for posting the image. Please give him mojo.

Rasmussen's daily tracker shows him ahead by 5 points, 47% to 42%.

Rasmussen's tracker also shows Obama surging nationally against McCain in the general election match up. While HRC is down by 10%, 50% to 40%, Obama only trails by 3%, 47% to 44%. Just 3 days ago, Obama was down 10%, 51% to 41%.

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Friday March 21, 2008 · 11:12 AM PDT

2008/03/21 · 11:12

On March 18, Barack Obama delivered his speech on race and politics in the United States. CNN breathlessly reported that major damage had been done to Sen. Obama's candidacy, as the daily Gallup tracker showed him 7 points behind Clinton. The key question posed by every pundit was whether the speech would be enough to staunch the bleeding. From today's Gallup result, we now know the answer is a resounding yes. Follow below the fold for analysis.

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Monday February 25, 2008 · 1:28 PM PST

2008/02/25 · 13:28

The newest CNN poll from Texas shows a net shift of +6 for Obama over the last poll.

Obama 50 (48)
Clinton 46 (50)

The numbers in parentheses are from 2/15-17

If Clinton loses TX and only wins OH by a small margain (<10) it will be hard for her to argue that she should stay in the race.</p> Read More

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