[Occupymendocino] End of the American Middle-Class and Election Probability Analysis

[Rick Childs]

I share these two great sites with you:
Last night on PBS's Newshour, an interview with Hedrick Smith, discussing his book, "Who Stole the American Dream," analyzing how the rich have gotten all the economic productivity gains in the past 30 years  (in both video and transcript for dialup users):   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec12/smith_10-01.html

And, an incredibly fascinating site put out by the NY Times analyzing the Presidential election (polls, probability of winning each state, daily updates - on the left side - based on recent polls and events, etc.) for each battleground state;  click on the tab about 1/3 of the way down the page to see all states.  It reports, for example, Obama leads Romney in Florida 51%-49% with a 71% probability of winning the state on Nov. 6.  Obama is currently given an 85% likelihood of winning the national election.  Another tab shows probabilities of who'll win the Senate in each state (Eliz. Warren has a 69% probability of winning in Mass.).  One of the most amazing political sites on the internet I've found:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

Enjoy,
Rick Childs
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