Professional "Handicappers"

[Rococo4]

1st Sabato on "Crystal Ball" calls a tie for tomorrow, then just now on the Ron Faucheax site campaignline.com says he wont call a winner until tomorrow - when he can see the exit polls

this is their jobs......make a pick.  how hard is it?

[Horus]

Based on the polls, and how spread out they are, I'd say it's very difficult to make an accurate one.

[Alcon]

What's easy on Wednesday is hard on Monday is impossible on Tuesday.

[Rococo4]

yeah but its their job

[Sam Spade]

Zogby also said that he won't release his final predictions until tomorrow at 5:30 PM.    Chicken.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Sabato is predicting an actual 269-269 tie...which is as definitive a prediction as any.

But I do think it is inappropriate to be making predictions or releasing polls while the actual voting is going on.

[Rococo4]

No, if you read it he says he has Kerry slightly ahead in Ohio, but he is giving it to Bush so it ends a tie.  Trying to have it 2 ways.

[??????????]

calling a tie is a copout.

[Alcon]

You'd all be singing a different tune if your job relied on it.

[Rococo4]

if it was my job, i would do it, and not cop-out