Can't remember exactly how it tied him in, but I remember thinking it seemed reasonable when I read it.
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Replying to @BenSpielberg
reading more closely, it's betting pretty hard on HuffPo's momentarily "entertainment" silliness continuing.
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Replying to @wycats @BenSpielberg
ultimately, the national media quickly moved into "take him serious. deadly serious." mode, so the conn. seems flimsy.
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I would also argue that the media took Sanders more seriously as he rose in the polls.
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Replying to @wycats @BenSpielberg
my original point was that polls aren't looking good -- this article doesn't really bear on that question much.
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Replying to @wycats @BenSpielberg
I think it's reasonable to ask, if polls look bad for 5%, what will change to make them better.
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perhaps ironically, "polls are self-fulfilling" is the OPPOSITE of the correct conclusion from primary season (think about it)
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I'm not talking about the polls themselves; I'm talking about the interpretation of them as more or less an indicator of what's possible.
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there's a lot of really good evidence about the range of expected polling misses as you get closer to an election.
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do you have any cases at all of minor party candidates polling at ~2% a week out and then going on to capture 5%?
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I'd accept statewide races in big states like CA.
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