The headlines are the point. You can bury anything later in the article.

No, your claim was that there was a bias towards the left in polls and you used that article as an example.  So, you're dead wrong based on your own evidence.

Do you now wish to switch your argument to "The media confuses people with their headlines"?

And since Reagan won by 10 we still see a bias.

No, the poll said Reagan by 5 but the article pointed out that recent events with the hostages would make the polls obsolete.  Keep reaching.

Only one time since the end of the Great Depression has the incumbent party retained the Presidency with an unemployment rate greater than 6%.  That was the Republicans (Ronald Reagan) in 1984.  Five other times (1960, 1976, 1980, 1992 and 2008) the challenging party won the Presidency.

The unemployment rate as of the end of October 2012 is 7.9%.

Since Obama is extremely likely to win, should we retire that standard? Or is two out of seven still good enough?

I guess he gets four more years to cement his place as worst president ever.

Posted by MikeT23 on 11/7/2012 10:13:00 AM (view original):
I guess he gets four more years to cement his place as worst president ever.

this is unlikely, as Gerald Ford, George Bush's 1 & 2, and Jimmy Carter are still on the books

Don't underestimate Obama!!!

Obama doesn't need the green votes now.   He can go big oil.

Five year high in CA was last month