Re: Obama May Win Indiana

Boron Elgar (boron_elgar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:

> On 08 May 2008 16:22:11 GMT, Opus the Penguin
> <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>Boron Elgar (boron_elgar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 08 May 2008 15:45:24 GMT, Hank Gillette
>>> <hankgillette@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>In article <i6h4249qimvlu5ru9eq9gbti60b1hb8ng8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>> Boron Elgar <boron_elgar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If it is personalities that keep O&C from running on one
>>>>> ticket, that makes little sense, as the two offices don't
>>>>> intersect so often that it'd be a problem down the line. I
>>>>> just want the details about why Pelosi is so very against it. 
>>>>> 
>>>>
>>>>She indicated that Hillary had pretty much closed the door on
>>>>such a pairing when Hillary claimed that Obama had not passed
>>>>the threshold to be CIC. That may apply more to a Clinton/Obama
>>>>ticket than the reverse, but Hillary would certainly have to do
>>>>some backpedaling to accept the VP slot to a man she said wasn't
>>>>qualified. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Nah. These pols say all sorts of thing while they run. 99.9%
>>> never used to get noticed at all.
>>>
>>
>>What's the margin of error on that stat?
> 
> Based on my own calculations, +/-100%.
> 

So there's a slim possibility that *199.9%* of what politicians say 
never used to get noticed. Most people didn't notice it and then they 
went back around and didn't notice it again.

That could explain Bush's re-election.

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