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78 a few days before the war began Philip Shenon and Eric Lichtblau, “U.S. Lowers Warning Level to ‘Yellow,’ but Cautions That Serious Threat Remains,” New York Times, February 28, 2003, A14.
80n “In 1985 Silverado’s auditors” William Sternberg, “Cooked Books,” Atlantic Monthly, January 1992, 20.
87 Paris’s free-bicycle scheme was struggling to survive “Thefts puncture Paris bike scheme,” BBC News, February 10, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7881079.stm.
89 “Nothing made me more frustrated” “Bernanke on the Record,” NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, July 26, 2009.
89 “We are tightening our belt” NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, October 22, 2008, transcript available at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec08/aigcrisis_10-22.html.
4:Poll Cats
91“That is one for the books”CaptionforByronRollinsphotoentitled“Dewey DefeatsTruman,”November4,1948,www.apimages.com.
92“I think the 1948 polls”WillLester,“‘DeweyDefeatsTruman’DisasterHaunts Pollsters,”AssociatedPress,November1,1998.
92n“Jesus and Princess Diana”TelegraphOnline,June8,2009,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5474600/Jesus-and-Princess-Diana-lead-poll-of-dead-people-we-most-want-to-meet.html.
94“It may be the act of going into bankruptcy”WalterLippmann,PublicOpinion ,partVII,chapterXXIII.
98n“would win the White House”NityVenkataraman,“BushinRetrograde; Obama,McCainRising,”ABCNews,June2,2008,http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5286338&page=1.
98n“It is cosmic writ”“AKerrywinmightbeinthestars,”Reuters,October29,2004.
104“Leader in every taste test”MagazineadvertisementforHeinzTomatoJuice, LiteraryDigest,November14,1936,3.
104“This week, 500 pens”“‘TheDigest’PresidentialPollisOn!”LiteraryDigest, August22,1936,3.
104 a“king’sransom”“‘Digest’PollMachinerySpeedingUp,”LiteraryDigest,August29, 1936,3.
105n “a business proposition”QuotedinGeorgeGallupandSaulForbesRae,The PulseofDemocracy(NewYork:SimonandSchuster,1940), 216.
106 “The Poll represents”“Landon,1,293,669;Roosevelt,972,897,”LiteraryDigest, October31,1936,4.
106 “The mailing list is drawn from”“‘TheDigest’PresidentialPollisOn!”
107 “Never before has anyone foretold”QuotedinGallupandRae,ThePulseof Democracy,47.
111 “Average man sleeps with 7 women”AssociatedPress,June22,2007.
113 wasaround two hundred dollarsNicoleWallace,“DonationstoHurricane-Relief EffortsExceed$504-Million,”Chronicleof Philanthropy, September6, 2005.
114 “seek out the exit poll takers”BillCarter,“3NetworksAdmitErrorinArizona PrimaryCalls,”NewYorkTimes,February29,1996,B9.
115 “Hamas sought to influence the outcome” Carl Bialik, “The Limits of Exit Polls,” Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2006.
115 in the early 1990s, Gallup . . . asked Americans “Times Poll: Frequently Asked Questions,” LATimes.com, http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/timespoll/la-timespollfaq,1,2370162.htmlstory.
118 “a new Zogby poll” “Zogby Poll: Americans Not in Favor of Starving Terri Schiavo,” Zogby.com, April 1, 2005, http://www.zogby.com/Soundbites/readclips.cfm?ID=11131.
118 “Do you agree or disagree” “Zogby America Likely Voters 3/30/05 thru 4/2/05 MOE +/-3.2 percentage points,” Zogby.com, April 2, 2005, http://operationrescue.org/files/wf-Schiavo.pdf.
121 “AP Poll: Americans optimistic for 2007” Nancy Benac, “AP Poll: Americans optimistic for 2007,” Associated Press, December 30, 2006.
121 “Poll: Americans see doom, gloom for 2007” Darlene Superville, “Poll: Americans see doom, gloom for 2007,” Associated Press, December 31, 2006.
122 “If you’re disgusted with us” See, e.g., “Election Night: A Media Watch Special Report,” PBS.org, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/election2000/election_night.html, or “Dan Rather Opines on Politics and the Media,” Larry King Live, January 10, 2001, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/10/lkl.00.html.
122 “Sip it, savor it” See, e.g., Alexander Stille, “How the Press Saw the 2000 Election,” New York Times, January 8, 2003.
5: Electile Dysfunction
127 “If a voter has written” Minnesota Election Laws 2008, Ch.204C.22 subd. 4.
127 “If it said ‘Moon Unit