Meanwhile, on the Left Coast:
Less than a quarter of California voters – 24 percent – said they approve of Bush's job performance, compared with 71 percent who said they disapprove.The latter mark is higher than Nixon's 70 percent disapproval rating in August 1974, the same month he resigned from office after his role in the Watergate scandal was revealed.
184 days.
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Famed pollster John Zogby, whom I placed on a suicide watch this morning, explains how he got California so wrong:
About California: Some of you may have noticed our pre-election polling differed from the actual results. It appears that we underestimated Hispanic turnout and overestimated the importance of younger Hispanic voters. We also overestimated turnout among African-American voters. Those of you who have been following our work know that we have gotten 13 out of 17 races right this year, and so many others over the years. This does happen.
As Jane says, "Yes, Hispanic Voters Vote."
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Zogby California poll: Obama by 13.
Actual result: Clinton by 29.
Whoops!
Overall, it's basically a dead heat between Obama (732 delegates) and Clinton (825 delegates).
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So, earlier today the deputy administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, held a televised press conference to discuss the fires in SoCal. Question after question from the assembled reporters were softballs. Did I say "reporters"? Well, it turns out there were no reporters there, just FEMA staffers pretending to be reporters.
Life in Bushworld is unsettling.
Think Progress has the video.
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This just in: The FEMA press conference was so egregiously dishonest that even WH spokescritter Dana "The Dip" Perino condemns it.
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