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August 06, 2008

Philly.com, The Annotated Front Page

For your perusing pleasure, I've gone through an annotated a few things on a recent front page of Philly.com.

If you'll excuse me, I have to go calm down; I am so psyched about Prince Chunk being back on the front page I need to go find a Xanax or something.

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August 05, 2008

HTML Radio Buttons Of Wackiness!

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk! The above wacky poll is brought to you by Philly.com. Ho, ho, look at all those comedic choices. Personally, I was thinking of an Atlasphere. Man, that's almost as wacky as a Segway!

FBI chases Pa.'s 'Running Man' Bandit [Inquirer]
Thanks, Master Fister

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July 25, 2008

More Fun With Philly.com

Hell, I didn't even think there was consensual sexual activity on the Main Line.

The only real drawback today is this story doesn't have comments.

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July 23, 2008

Philly.com Poll: City Is Lazy, Whiny

From yesterday (the totals are roughly the same still), Philly.com's poll about homelessness:

Yes, the one with the lowest number of responses was, of course, about helping people. And the #1 response was wondering why the city didn't do something about it. I guess if you pay your taxes...

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June 05, 2008

The Ultimate Poll

So, it's finally come to this Philly.com poll to settle it once and for all.

Do you believe in God? [Philly.com]

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April 21, 2008

Oh Noes! Who Will Win Tomorrow?!

In most elections, like the Philadelphia mayoral race last year or the general election this coming November, we already know who's going to win. (Respectively: Michael Nutter and Ron Paul.) But tomorrow we don't know who's going to win! Alli Katz has posted this poll chart from Pollster (that I've made a little easier to follow with some additions) that shows that ... I dunno.

Clinton is up by a few points, and will probably win by a few points. But we're not 100 percent completely sure, and so tomorrow will be fun.

By fun, of course, I mean not fun.

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April 16, 2008

Poll: Obama Down A Billion Points

Remember two days ago, when Obama was 20 points down?

Well, forget it! In just 2 days, he's clawed to within 6 points of Hillary Clinton! Why, in just a few more days, he'll have over 100 percent of the vote.

Okay, so maybe this is why you shouldn't trust polls from American Research Group, or really, trust any polls all that much. Or, actually, you probably really shouldn't trust one that doesn't make any sense because one candidate is 20 points up all of a sudden. I mean, come on, look at the trends, why would somebody suddenly be up 20 points? Or maybe it's just a poll and you take it with a grain of salt anyway.

Nothing, of course, could stop people from reporting it as gospel and won't stop them from doing it again and again until the world ends. The end.

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February 15, 2008

Rendell And The Racists Push Clinton Ahead

Quinnipac University recently released a poll of "likely democratic voters" in Pennsylvania taken from Feb. 6 - 12 and Hillary Clinton is way, way ahead. She's up 52-36 against Barry Obama in the state, and -- bucking a national trend -- beats McCain (46-40) easier than Obama (42-41) does.

Yes, it's still a way to the election, and Bill Clinton could dress up in blackface (or whatever he did in South Carolina) again and make everyone hate his wife and vote for Obama. Hillary's been leading the polls in Pennsylvania since early 2007, hence her role as the frontrunner early on.

Anyway, Rendell's "some white people won't vote for a black man" comments were published on Feb. 10 (I believe), so youse should all be able to blame him for Hillary's lead.

Update: The Inquirer editorial board makes a funny! "Ed Rendell had better stick to Eagles games whenever he feels the urge to be a color analyst."

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November 27, 2007

Stupid Poll Says Philadelphians Love Online Shopping

Hey, did you go shopping online on Monday? No? But it was "Cyber Monday," the first day of the online holiday shopping season! Okay, who cares it's not the biggest day for online sales and it was actually made up by online retailers and reported on by an all-too-lazy media as truth, hello, it was Cyber Monday! The holiest day of the online shopping year!

Okay, so maybe (i.e. definitely) Cyber Monday isn't real. (The graphic on this post, by the way, is from a Google Image Search for "Cyber Monday.") But that hasn't stopped Philadelphians from shopping online, as we apparently lead the country in online shoppers.

Apparently, Philadelphians are too ugly to shop in actual stores, so 79 percent of Philadelphians surveyed by notoriously inaccurate pollster Zogby will buy at least some Christmas presents online. And forty percent have used a cell phone to "comparison shop." OMG!

Wait, do 40 percent of Philadelphians even have cell phones that would allow them to shop online?

Philadelphia Leads the Nation in Online Shoppers [KYW 1060]

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October 25, 2007

Michael Nutter Wins Mayoral Election

With 0% of the precincts reporting and polls not closed for 12 days and 20 hours, Philadelphia Will Do is declaring Michael Nutter the winner of the Philadelphia mayoral election. Nutter's victory caps an incredible comeback that saw him at, like, Dwight Evans-type numbers in early 2007, yet he outsmarted everybody else on the way to primary and general election victory.

In an Oct. 25 Daily News/Keystone poll, Nutter led Taubenberger 83 percent to 8 among likely voters, but likely clinched the mayor's office on May 15, the day of the Democratic primary. Nutter faces many challenges during his term in office, including a city pension plan in crisis, a high murder rate and a city that's kinda dirty and, apparently, full of ugly people.

Philadelphia Will Do congratulates Michael Nutter on his impressive general election victory.

Poll: Nutter in a rout & some Dems are worried [Daily News]
Tuesday: DIY News: Philadelphia Ranked [First/Last/Low (Whatever Is Worse)] In [Arbitrary Category] In Survey By [Random Magazine]

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April 05, 2007

Four Percent Of Philadelphians Living In Fantasy World

There's more than just horse race numbers in the latest Daily News Keystone Poll. Sure, the main results are the ones that show Tom Knox in the lead, but there's a bit more interesting data, too.

For example, one of the questions asks if respondents have seen any television ads for the candidates. Eight-five percent have, 14 percent haven't and one percent is in some sort of weird limbo of "not sure."

The follow-up question asks whose ads are most memorable? Not surprisingly, Knox is in the lead with 53%, followed by Bob Brady at 18%, Michael Nutter at 8% and Dwight Evans at 7%.

And, of course, following that is Chaka Fattah at 4%.

Fattah has, of course, yet to run a single television advertisement. Maybe they were thinking of one of those NBC 10 promos with Renee Chenault-Fattah.

Franklin & Marshall/Daily News Keystone Poll [F&M]

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Philly Voters: Duh, I'll Vote For The Guy From TV!

A new poll is out, and -- whew! -- does it look more and more likely Tom Knox is actually going to win this mayoral race. The new Daily News Keystone Poll shows Knox with a commanding seven-point lead over his closest challenger, Chaka Fattah.

The poll of Democratic voters reads like this: Knox 24%, Fattah 17%, Bob Brady 16%, Michael Nutter 12%, Dwight Evans 10%, Undecided 21%. Although Knox is in the lead, with 21% still undecided -- and "undecided" not being an option come election day -- it's still pretty much anybody except Jesus White's race.

Respondents to the poll said one of the key reasons for Knox's lead is his constant television ad blitz. That supposedly accounted for Bob Brady's rise in the polls, too. Not sure why Evans (and, to a lesser and more recent extent, Nutter) didn't rise in the polls because of television, though, but maybe there's only so many percentage points to go around. (100, to be precise.)

And if you're tired of Knox on TV, well, get ready for more! Responding to KYW 1060 about a group attacking him for payday loans -- "credit heroin," they call it -- Knox couldn't take time out to respond:

Knox's campaign says he was "too busy" filming another political commercial to respond to the coalition.

By May, pretty much the only things on television will be Tom Knox ads and American Idol.

The Third Poll: Knox Takes The Lead [The Next Mayor]
Local Group Criticizes Mayoral Candidate Tom Knox [KYW 1060]

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January 31, 2007

Tom Knox To Depress His Way To Mayordom?

The Daily News released a poll today about the 2007 Mayoral Election, one that puts Tom Knox within the margin of error of front-runner Chaka Fattah. This is, assumedly, due to his incessant ads on every TV show. (I think I saw one during WWE Smackdown!)

If you haven't seen the ads, you're missing out. They feature Tom Knox depressing the shit out of everyone. I'd be willing to wager that people are thinking about voting for Knox just to make him stop showing those damn depressing ads. "Oh, dammit, I'll vote for you, just stop telling us about your crying mother and dead brother!" Knox should probably run ads saying "If I don't win the mayoral election, I'm going to keep running these ads just to piss you off." Who with a TV wouldn't vote for him?

Oh, and if you're wondering, Tom Knox has a Flickr account.

THE SECOND POLL: KNOX MAKES BIG GAINS [The Next Mayor]

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September 06, 2006

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Uh, right.

Poll: Iraq war could wound GOP at polls [CNN]

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August 16, 2006

Will Bunch Just Had, Like, A Major Panic Attack

From the Inquirer today:

After almost two months of running nonstop TV ads across the state, Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum appears to have made up ground in his race with Democratic opponent Bob Casey Jr. ¶ A Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday suggested that Santorum had closed to within 6 points of Casey after trailing by 18 points in June, with the senator gaining among Republicans, Democrats and independents alike. The recent Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll showed a similarly narrowed gap.

Santorum cuts down Casey's lead [Inquirer]

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August 03, 2006

Some Percentage Of Philadelphians Think City Is Moving In Some Direction

Philly.com has an Associated Press story today about a recent Keystone Poll taken by Franklin & Marshall College. Here's the headline:

And a poll on the side of the story is, of course:

You see, this poll is different. It's asking if Philly is moving in the right direction. Very different.

Poll: 64% think Philly is moving in wrong direction [AP/Philly.com]

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July 20, 2006

Conservative Pollsters: Pennsylvanians Favor Casey & Rendell (And Are Terrified Of Bush and, Uh, Terror)

A release came over from Strategic Vision, an Atlanta-based PR firm, touring their three-day poll of 1200 likely voters in Pennsylvania. The CEO of Strategic Vision is David E. Johnson, who touts himself on his website as a "Republican conservative" -- uhh, and he has a "Re-Elect Bush/Cheney" banner on his woefully outdated website -- which means it's a pretty safe bet that Strategic Vision's polls lean slightly to the right. (Especially since all the Johnson quotes in the press release are pro-Republican.)

The new Pennsylvania polls don't really tell us anything all that new: Casey is 10 points ahead (50-40) and Rendell 13 points ahead (59-36). That puts Santorum much closer -- but it's still a comfortable lead -- but, considering the source, yadda yadda yadda. You get how these things work.

But, since it's a de facto Republican polling agency, you would think they'd be able to do a little better for their guy than a 26 percent approval rating. (Last month, a Quinnipac University poll put Bush at 34 percent approval rating.) This is, probably, lower than the percentage of Phillies fans who thought the team handled the Brett situation well. And 70 percent of Pennsylvanians polled expect a terrorist attack by the end of the year.

To summarize: A polling group whose CEO is a big Republican backer released a poll where, in Pennsylvania, Casey and Rendell are way ahead, President Bush only has a 26 percent approval rating and 70 percent expect a terrorist attack in the United States between now and the end of the year.

Well. With those last two results, I think we'll be seeing an exodus to Vanatu any day now.

Pennsylvania Poll - July [Strategic Vision]
Press Release Regarding Poll [.pdf download]
Putting a Number on Happiness [WSJ]

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July 14, 2006

Phillies Were Shockingly Once Popular

Deep in his national baseball column today, Paul Hagen reveals this interesting fact:

According to the latest Harris poll of baseball fans asked to name their favorite team, the Yankees once again were first. No big surprise there. The Phillies finished 13th. Which doesn't sound like a big deal until you consider that just 2 years ago they ranked sixth.

Whoa. The Phillies were sixth two years ago?

Paul Hagen | Owning up to revenue sharing [Daily News, third item]

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May 25, 2006

Bush Raises $350K Via Photography

Hey, so our buddy President Bush was in town yesterday at a campaign function to support two Republicans in tough re-election battles.

He raised just under a half-million dollars for U.S. Reps Mike Fitzpatrick (he of the anti-Myspace bill) and Jim Gerlach, some of it coming by photo opportunities with the prez that cost $5,000 each. Writes the Inquirer's Tom Fitzgerald:

At the reception before the rally, about 70 attendees lined up to have pictures taken with the president at $5,000 a head, exchanging small talk with the leader of the free world.

One woman said she told Bush: "Don't believe the polls."

Oh, don't worry, Ms. Bush Supporter. He doesn't believe polls. Or intelligence. Or science.

Bush visit here raises candidates' funds, risks [Inky]

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March 10, 2006

Quickies: Fumo and the feds

• Vince Fumo is under investigation by the FBI; now the feds say an aide deleted a bunch of emails in an attempt to thwart the investigation. There's some really sticky attorney-client confidentiality that the feds are trying to erode and it's Vince Fumo, too, so I don't really know what to make of it. As they say on these here Internets, DEVELOPING... [Inky]

• Ahh, the Flyers blow it at the trade deadline once again. Sigh. [DN]

• Slate exposes the another shocker: The Gap's clothes, like, suck. And they do. I read somewhere -- it may also have been Slate -- that Monica Lewinsky's infamous dress (stained with Presidential Semen™) was from the Gap. That shows how far the Gap has fallen, and shows what classy taste in women Bill has. [Slate]

• Bush's approval rating has fallen to 37 percent. Like most of you, I'm shocked at this number: That high? [AP/PhillyBurbs]

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