:: Saturday, August 07, 2004 ::
IEM Prognostication
An emailer asks Max why he puts so much credibility in the Iowa Electronic Market. Well, the current flatlining of the recovery (job numbers, stock market, etc.) aggravated by surging oil prices, intensified violence in Iraq, and the Swiftboat revelations would seem to favor Senator Kerry's polling numbers. This extraordinary Bushism didn't help matters any either: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
Did events last week help or hurt Bush? Here's the chart [>]
:: Max 9:13 PM [+] ::
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