By Dr. Lee M. Miringoff The latest national poll numbers from McClatchy-Marist point to some late movement for Team Obama and the Democrats. But, if you’re Speaker Pelosi, you’re still likely to lose your day job. The president’s approval rating is up to 48% from 43% earlier this month. This is nothing exactly to write […]
Perri Peltz
October 27, 2010
Perri Peltz is a distinguished television news journalist and public health advocate. Perri currently hosts, “Dr. Radio Reports”, a one hour weekly program about public health issues for the Sirius-XM Network. Prior to that, she served as an anchor and reporter for WNBC-TV and NBC News where she focused on issues relating to poverty and […]
10/21: All About (Election) Eve
October 21, 2010
By Dr. Lee M. Miringoff As Margo Channing (aka Bette Davis) in the 1950 award winning All About Eve, snarled, “Fasten your Seat Belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” The Democrats may not be into classics but, in this era of change, election night may indeed be one for the ages. Right now, […]
10/21: On-Demand TV: What’s the Story?
A recent Marist poll suggests our TV viewing habits are undergoing massive changes. 16% of U.S. residents are watching most TV shows using their DVRs, while another 9% are watching most shows on the Web. If demographics are any indication, it won’t be long before these numbers climb even higher: only 56% of people under […]
10/1: College Football in the Lone Star State
October 1, 2010
By John Sparks **Editor’s note—in the interest of full disclosure, in addition to being part of the Marist Poll team, the author is also on the faculty of the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. Something strange is in the air. It’s the final week of September in Texas. No one […]
9/30: Polls, Polls Everywhere
September 30, 2010
By Dr. Lee M. Miringoff Don’t be thrown by a recent flurry of New York State polls on the governor’s contest between “The Son also Rises” Andrew Cuomo and “I’ll clean up Albany with a baseball bat” Carl Paladino. Is Cuomo ahead by 6 points (Quinnipiac) or 33 points (Siena), or somewhere in between, 19 […]
9/15: Day 1: Paladino vs. Cuomo
September 15, 2010
By Dr. Lee M. Miringoff So, the press (and pollsters, too) are probably pleased that at least the Paladino vs. Cuomo matchup for governor will provide some interesting byplay. How quickly we all forget the good times when Rick Lazio marched across the stage to confront Hillary Clinton in 2000. If the 2010 campaign nationally […]
9/9: Top Ten Reasons Cuomo Has Not Endorsed a Democrat for AG
September 9, 2010
By Dr. Lee M. Miringoff Here are the top 10 reasons Andrew Cuomo has not endorsed a candidate for the Democratic primary for Attorney General: 10. Thinks all five of the candidates are equally qualified 9. Unaware of candidates’ shoe size so logically doesn’t know who would best follow in his footsteps 8. Says he […]