On 27 Oct 2008, at 21:34, erik mattheis wrote: > Here's a "plan" for how McCain could win: > http://www.nypost.com/seven/10252008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/mccains__long__road_to_electoral_win_135233.htm?page=0 And it's very worthwhile looking at Nate Silver's background and methodology, correlating pollsters with their effectiveness in predicting outcomes, and running simulations. His own site: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ Cheers Martin -- > Spammers: Send me email -> yumyum at easyweb.co.uk to train my filter > http://dspam.nuclearelephant.com/