Friday, October 31, 2008

Closing Time


With the polls closing in Virginia and Florida at 7:00 PM, Ohio at 7:30 PM and Pennsylvania at 8:00 PM, we should know by 8:01 PM Tuesday just how late the night will be.

The claims by McCain’s chief pollster earlier this week of the race tightening have been refuted by a number of sources in the media, pollsters and an independent research company.
All of us at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner were in awe of the boldness of these assertions, as they, we are sure, honestly reflect the data, show a nuanced use of language and topics, and weave a story that almost gets to the conclusions that this race is opening up, unpredictable, and closing, without formally saying those things. What is interesting is that some of the findings match ours, but with a fuller picture, take us to a different close.

Nate Silver reports as of 6:40 PM tonight:
Running the numbers. Looks like they'll contain good news for Senator Obama.

So much for spending the weekend "functionally tied."

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