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August 2008

How You Look, How You Sound, What You Say
Obama Outperforming Kerry Among Nearly All Demographics
Opportunity Cost
The Real Britneygate Controversy
Organizing Update
VP: Short the Faves
Yesterday's Polls (8/1 Catchup)
McCain Just Says No to Indiana
Today's Polls, 8/3
Is Obama Underachieving?
Obama: Seat FL/MI Delegates with Full Votes
Should Obama Have Asked for More Debates?
Today's Polls, 8/4
Evan Bayh: Latent Liberal?
Senate Polling Weekly Update, 8/5
Spears-Hilton Week Pulls McCain Even in Coverage Volume
What Would You Do With $5M in Ad Time? [UPDATED]
ABC Dealt Out Of Presidential Debates
FAQ Updated
Is GA-Sen in Play?
The Oprah Effect, Revisited
Today's Polls, 8/5 (Procrastinator Edition)
Today's Polls, 8/6
Bubba By Numbers
Force Multiplier
On Likely Voters and the Long Tail
The Gang of 10: Obama's Checkmate?
Today's Polls, 8/7
ABC Dealt Out Of Presidential Debates
A Perspective on Mazen Asbahi
Media Alert
Not Even Close
Today's Polls, 08/08/08
Bubba By Numbers
Force Multiplier
538 on <span style="font-style: italic;">Countdown</span>
Obama Leads Better Than 3:1 in Field Offices
Subtext Conflict: Celebrity Vs. Otherness
538 on Countdown
Obama and the Youth Vote
The Grinch Who Stole The Olympics
Travel Globally, Attack Locally
Electoral Projections Done Right: The Persistent Myth of the Bradley Effect
The Georgia Conflict and the Case for Clark
Today's Polls, 8/11
Why Howard Wolfson is Out of a Job
Travel Globally, Attack Locally
The Persistent Myth of the Bradley Effect
Black Vote Was Invisible To Penn
Senate Polling Weekly Update, 8/12
Spears-Hilton Week Over, McCain's News Coverage Falls Again
Today’s Polls, 8/11
Bayhdenkabelius
Road to 270: Indiana
Today's Polls, 8/12
Today's Polls, 8/13
Warner Will Be Dems' Keynoter [UPDATED]
Clinton Campaign Didn’t Grasp Rudimentary Proportionality Math
How McCain is Winning on the Economy
McCain Improves With Base, Obama Stays Flat
Road to 270: Mississippi
Sending Out an S.O.S.
The Next Laura Ingraham?
Today's Polls, 8/14
Today’s Polls, 8/13
Bayhdenkabelius
Friday Afternoon Leftovers
Road to 270: Maine
Today's Polls, 8/15
What a Convention Bounce Looks Like
538's Battlegrounds as of Mid-August
Sister Kissing Update
Today's Polls, 8/16
<img src="http://img.tradekey.com/lang/en/images/updated_icon.gif" /> On Obama-Clinton
<img src="http://img.tradekey.com/lang/en/images/updated_icon.gif" /> Pastor Warren Contradicts Self on 'Cone of Silence'
Democratic VP Buyer's Guide
Saddleback
Voter Contacts
Sister Kissing Update
Pastor Warren Contradicts Self on ‘Cone of Silence’
Did McCain's Campaign Just Confirm Andrea Mitchell's Reporting?
Late Nite Polls, 8/17
Road to 270: Hawaii
Today's Polls, 8/18
VP Announcement Timing
Yet Another Veep Thread: Nobody Knows Anything
On Obama-Clinton
Context on Battleground Spending
Do Voters Like Joe Biden?
Fox's Pro-Choice Poison Pill?
Online Chat at 1 PM Eastern / 12 PM Central
Today's Polls, 8/19
Yet Another Conegate Thread
Today’s Polls, 8/18
Yet Another Veep Thread: Nobody Knows Anything
Biden: A New Trick for Old Fogeys
I'm Hearing...
McCain Now Winning Small Majority of Simulations
Obama-SebeliBus?
Today's Polls, 8/20
Today’s Polls, 8/19
I’m Hearing…
<img src="http://img.tradekey.com/lang/en/images/updated_icon.gif" /> Unabashed Media Whoring (and Open Thread)
Road to 270: Oklahoma
Romney: Demographics Over Narrative
The Case for Hillary
Today's Polls, 8/21
McCain Now Winning Small Majority of Simulations
Today’s Polls, 8/20
Unabashed Media Whoring (and Open Thread)
Democrats Will Be Watching Denver (And We'll Be There)
<img src="http://img.tradekey.com/lang/en/images/updated_icon.gif" /> The One Tea Leaf Worth Reading
Brent Musburger Lives!
Nuggets (and Open Veepwatch Thread)
Road to 270: North Carolina
Senate Polling Weekly Update, 8/22
Something Was The Matter With Kansas (Technical)
Today's Polls, 8/22
Today’s Polls, 8/21
Romney: Demographics Over Narrative
The One Tea Leaf Worth Reading
"Clear-Eyed Pragmatist": The Obama Brand Has Come Full-Circle
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2789218680_9133fff4c4_o.png" /> It's Official: Obama Picks Biden
Can Biden Out-Hillary Hillary?
Today's Polls, 8/23
Today’s Polls, 8/22
It’s Official: Obama Picks Biden
CNN Poll Suggests Trouble for Obama, But Omits Proper Context
Is There a Clinton Backlash? How About A Backlash Backlash?
Road to 270: Wyoming
Today's Polls, 8/24
“Clear-Eyed Pragmatist”: The Obama Brand Has Come Full-Circle
House Effects In Da House
Monday Night Liveblog: Live From Denver
Should Obama Expect a Big Convention Bounce?
Today's Polls, 8/25
Today’s Polls, 8/24
CNN Poll Suggests Trouble for Obama, But Omits Proper Context
Live from Denver, It's Hillary Clinton! (DNC thread #2)
Live from Denver, It's Tuesday Night!
The NASCAR Dad of 2008? It Might be The Perot Voter.
Today (DNC Day 2)
Today's Polls, 8/26
Monday Night Liveblog: Live From Denver
Barack Obama Officially Becomes Democratic Nominee for Presdient
DNC Day 3: Live Twitter Thread
Today's Polls, 8/27
Voting Early in Battleground States
Wednesday Night Liveblog #1: Bill
Wednesday Night Liveblog #2: Biden
The NASCAR Dad of 2008? It Might be The Perot Voter.
Live from Denver, It’s Tuesday Night!
Live from Denver, It’s Hillary Clinton! (DNC thread #2)
Gallup Shows an Initial Convention Bounce for Obama
Live from Invesco: From the Cheap Seats
Live from Invesco: From the Press Box
Wednesday Night Liveblog #1: Bill
DNC Day 3: Live Twitter Thread
Wednesday Night Liveblog #2: Biden
...and Speaking of Head-Fakes
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2789218680_9133fff4c4_o.png" /> Multiple Reports: Palin is VP Nominee
Palin VP Rollout Liveblog
Palin: It's Not Really About Experience
Palin: More Follow Up Comments
Sarah Palin Thoughts, Revised and Extended
Source: It's Not Pawlenty
Today's Polls, 8/29
…and Speaking of Head-Fakes
Multiple Reports: Palin is VP Nominee
Today's Polls, 8/30
Women View Palin More Skeptically than Men
Sarah Palin Thoughts, Revised and Extended
Today’s Polls, 8/29
Palin: More Follow Up Comments
Gustav Could Be Boon to GOP
Live From St. Paul, It’s A… Convention?
Open Discussion: The Convention Bounce Adjustment
Today's Polls, 8/31