Forget Gallup: Cookies are latest presidential pulse-taker

By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune

another food related poll, Obama won the cupcake poll, looks like he's gonna win the cookie poll too....

In a warmup to the real voting next month, a bakery in Rochester, Minn., is counting cookies for a clue about America's choice for president.

Cynthia Daube, owner of Daube's bakery, was given the honor of introducing Michelle Obama at today's rally at the Mayo Civic Center for her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Daube told the crowd that her business is selling Obama and McCain cookies and keeping tally on who is leading the sales race. Those results and those from other bakeries around the country are being sent to the Retail Bakers of America for steady updating.

In 2004, the cookie poll accurately predicted the incumbent president as the victor.

And what are Americans' stomachs saying four years later? Of about 21,000 cookies sold so far, the blue ones with Obama's image have about 57 percent; McCain's red cookies adorned with his face have about 43 percent.

full article: http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/30898459.html?elr=KArks:DCiUocOaL_nDaycUiacyKUU

(and sorry don't know how to shorten up the link)

:puke: Gross.

Great movie. Here's a line from Burt's character to Tony's character:

"I'd hate to take a bite out of you. You're a cookie full of Arsenic".

but, of course, they haven't said whether her recipe was stolen from rachel ray. :evilgrin:

ellen fl

http://www.7-election.com/

Though with a blue Texas, Idaho, and Utah, I get the feeling that 7-11 coffee buyers do not represent the electorate as a whole. :)

Get out there and buy some coffee guys.

Apparently since the 80s whichever mask sells the most has correctly picked the winner in the presidential race. More people want to go as Obama than McCain this year!

Personally I think McCain makes a scarier costume!

One of the women's magazines (Family Circle, Woman's Day) printed Michelle's shortbread cookie recipe and Cindy's whatever recipe and asked for its readers to rate them. The top vote getter is always on the winning ticket. Well, Michelle only received 44% while the other got 56% so looks like Rachel Ray's husband will be president.

The Halloween mask indicator shows Obama will win because more people have bought Obama masks.

Mccain will win because the Lakers made it to the play-offs last season - republicans ALWAYS win if the Lakers do so.

Clean cars reflect election outcome?

By MARK PITSCH



Polls, schmolls.

One local businessman says he's got a better way to predict the outcome of the presidential election: Ask his customers.

"My wife and I were talking about the election with our kids and polling came up, how it can be skewed based on the way they phrase the question to get the results they want," said Dan Foor. "I said, 'I bet our numbers are truer than polling.' "

So at his Magic Wash car wash locations in Madison and Middleton, Foor labeled one of his touchless wash bays for Arizona Sen. John McCain, a Republican, and another for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, a Democrat, and began an unscientific survey.

As of Tuesday, a sign at Foor's Magic Wash on Parmenter Street in Middleton showed Obama leading McCain, 324 washes to 281, or 53.6 percent to 46.4 percent. The Pflaum Road wash in Madison produced an Obama lead of 486 to 421, resulting in the exact same percentage as in Middleton.

Those figures compare to the 52.4 percent to 42.0 percent average advantage for Obama in more scientific polls conducted in Wisconsin, according to RealClearPolitics.com, a Web site that tracks polling data in states and nationally.

full article: http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/309546


:woohoo: :applause: GOBAMA, GOBAMA, GOBAMA