DARPA plows ahead with its effort to spur the development of humanoid robots.
Best sign that Richard Mourdock is in a world of trouble in Indiana? His own campaign today released a poll today showing him tied.
Indulge yourself with today’s update to Polltracker’s top races.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) was taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas this afternoon after his security motorcade was involved in a multi-car accident.
There is no information currently available on Reid’s condition.
Late Update: Subsequent reports are that Reid was able to walk into the emergency on his own feet and is apparently fine. We’ll bring you updates as we receive them.
I’ve mentioned a few times that there’s a pattern in the Ohio polls. The premium polls seem to consistently show better results for Obama than the others. Now ‘premium’ can mean a lot of things. But in this case I mean in part a subjective read of the pollster’s quality and reputation and also the ones who use live interviewers and are thus allowed to call cell phones. We did a systematic look at all the Ohio polls. And it’s true. The premium polls — which means the ones who can call cell phones — show a consistently larger lead for President Obama. See the chart.
Sen. Reid’s office releases statement on auto accident.
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I was in our local bakery, Colozza’s, today here in Parma, OH. They are selling cookies with portraits of Obama and Romney on them, and tracking the number of sales. As of this afternoon, Obama was up 283 to 270. (I was tempted, but I decided I liked cannolis better than either of them.)