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The folks at Pharyngula have gotten a hold of it and swayed it up to 85%+ in favor.Do you support a government imposed healthcare policy?

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) - Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster. These are among Americans' grim predictions for the United States in 2007. But on a brighter note, only a minority of people think the U.S. will go to war with Iran or North Korea over the countries' nuclear ambitions. An overwhelming majority thinks Congress will raise the federal minimum wage. A third sees hope for a cure to cancer. These are among the findings of an Associated Press-AOL News poll that asked Americans to gaze into their crystal balls and contemplate...

The Sarasota, Fl Education Department posted warnings in every school that Christmas displays are absolutely forbidden. Nothing newsworthy there. Disreputable, deplorable, disgusting, and a lot of other disses, but only of passing interest. Until, that is, we learned that the administrative offices were converted to magnificent seasonal productions requiring thousands of man hours of effort at substantial cost.

Eric Engen of the American Enterprise Institute wrote an article today in the Wall Street Journal espousing the Iowa Electronic Market, saying it was far more predictive than conventional polling. Hopefully this story will gain traction and reduce the visibility of popular, left-biased polling in favor of market-oriented indicators.