News websites routinely run online “polls” in which readers can weigh in on some controversy of the day. It’s just a web gimmick — the polls aren’t scientific, don’t even pretend to fine representative samples, and have zero predictive value. They’re just supposed to be fun.<\/p>\n
Validity aside, these “polls” tend to get attention. For example, late Tuesday night, the Hartford Courant posed<\/a> a question to online readers about whether they’d back Joe Lieberman or Lowell Weicker if the two squared off in Connecticut’s Senate race next year. Someone in Lieberman’s office thought it was time to rally her troops and make sure the results worked in the senator’s favor. Little did she know that Kos would end up posting her email<\/a>.<\/p>\n From: Sherry Brown But the Courant Go to the Main Page – see Joe’s picture and then there is a link “Weicker – the antiwar candidate?” click onto that page – scroll down – right hand side there is a poll.<\/p>\n Let’s turn it around!!! Thanks. (and please note that I did NOT ask you for money, which may be a first)<\/http><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Oops. As of this morning, Weicker leads Lieberman<\/a>, 82.3% to 13.4%.<\/p>\n
\nTo: ‘Sherry Brown’
\nSent: Tue Dec 06 21:31:36 2005
\nSubject: Sorry for the blast email….<\/p>\n