How to Lie with Statistics was a standard
college statistics textbook in the 1960s. It became one of the
best-selling statistics books in history by showing how to lie,
intentionally or unintentionally, with statistics. We need a new
edition with a new title: How politicians lie – and lie big time — with
statistics.
go to forbes.com
Tea Party is having a Ross Perot impact: Republican are, de integro, positioning themselves to hold only 'ranking positions' in the House and the Senate committees after 2014 elections:
ReplyDeleteThe AP-GfK poll: 'Roughly three-quarters of Republicans nationally said their party in Congress deserves a moderate degree or most of the blame for the shutdown.' ' More Republicans told pollsters that the GOP is mishandling the shutdown than is handling it well. And among those who say it's being poorly handled, twice as many Republicans say the party is not doing enough to negotiate with Obama than those who say the party is doing too much.
New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu: "It's time for someone (Sen. Ted Crus) to act like a grown-up in this process."
Iowa Republicans are recruiting a pro-business Republican to challenge six-term conservative Rep. Steve King, a leader in the push to defund the health care law. Disgruntled Republicans are further ahead in Michigan, where second-term, tea party-backed Rep. Justin Amash is facing a Republican primary challenger who is more in line with — and being encouraged by — the party establishment. And business interest groups, long aligned with the Republican Party, also are threatening to recruit and fund strong challengers to tea party House members.
Former Illinois state Sen. Laura Douglas (Republican): . 'If we keep this kind of thing up, we're going to get creamed next year.'"
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