Texas Hold’em – A Congressional Face Off
Dr. Ron Faucheux has a 98% success rate of calling Senate, gubernatorial, and House races! Dr. Faucheux’s incredible accuracy is the reason that I have chosen to post his “Political Odds Maker” results for Texas' congressional races.

http://www.gallup.com/election2004/
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Presidential_Tracking_Poll.htm

Bush Carries State’s Newspaper Editorial Boards
Texas papers overwhelmingly endorse President Bush! Except for the tax-hiking, government expanding, latte drinking, Volvo driving, New York Times reading, blue-bloods at the Waco, Lufkin, Corpus Christi, Longview and Crawford editorial boards.

No Endorsements - Nada, Zilch, Zippo
Years ago, absent radio and television, people had a hard time deciding whom to vote for. People in rural Texas just didn’t have access to reliable information. Therefore the good people of Texas relied on the intellectuals found resident in our hallowed halls of journalism to make plain the crooks and carpetbaggers from the Democrats. Since information is now plentiful and can be readily accessed with a Blackberry while stuck in traffic on 635, who needs some uppity editorial board telling us who to vote for?

Below are some reasons why Texas newspapers didn’t endorse this year.
These guys may be on to something.

Kerry's Hometown Paper Endorsed...
While this article summarizes the political leaning of the editorial boards of varied Texas newspapers, I cannot resist including this little tidbit… John Kerry’s hometown paper, The Lowell Sun, endorsed GWB! Their endorsement didn’t garner much press though. Hm, I wonder why?

Balls, Beer, & Halloween Masks Predict Another Bush Win
These Presidential Predictors Are Usually On The Mark

If you are emotionally involved in this year’s election and must know who will win “the most important election in our generation”, don’t look to Gallup, Time, Fox, CNN, or Newsweek for answers. Instead, look to golf balls, beer, and Halloween masks, – they’re pretty accurate predictors of Presidential elections and are more fun than the results of a 1000 person sample with a 3% margin of error. If these indicators are worth anything, it looks like Bush is going to walk away Tueday night with another term under his belt.

Presidential Candidate Golf Balls -

This presidential "decision-making" tool contains two sets of custom golf balls featuring George W. Bush and John Kerry ($14.99)

Bush leads Kerry again in this golf ball predictor from New York-based Golf People, Inc. In an email, CEO Gary Salman said his company had been selling significantly more boxes of its "Swing2Vote box" containing two golf balls bearing color photographs of Bush compared to a similar box for Kerry.

Obviously, the vote box is intended to let users take a swing at the incumbent or his opponent. But if you're still having problems deciding on whom to vote for, the package suggests other fun ways to help you make up your mind.

Take both balls and inspect the candidates' faces. Make a decision on their appearance. If you remain undecided, the box instructs users to hold a primary vote. Then drop both balls and "see which ball shows the largest post-primary bounce."

Texas Based Flying Saucer's Vote With Beer Poll -

Flying Saucer's "Vote with Beer" poll shows Bush leading Kerry with more beverage points.

Two weeks ago, Texas-based restaurant chain Flying Saucer started a "Vote with Beer" poll at each of its 10 locations throughout the state. Participants vote for their candidate of choice by earning a point for them every time they buy a 16-ounce pint glass of beer with an image of either Kerry or Bush imprinted on it.

" I am a devout Democrat but everybody else in my office is a devout Republican," said Shannon Wynne, the chain's owner. "So it's a very politically charged environment where I work." Who's winning? So far, it's Bush, with 1,756 beer votes versus 1,245 for Kerry.

But the results might not withstand a recount, at least under traditional election rules: "Some people have been buying two to three glasses of beer to get the points up for their candidate," Wynne noted.

Wynne said the "informal" poll will run six-weeks right up to election day.

Boo! Halloween Masks Call Race For Bush -

The real key to predicting the outcome of the presidential election is this year's face-off of the Halloween masks.

It's as unscientific as it gets, but the theory, according to some people in the costume business, is that the winner in every election since 1980 has been the candidate whose masks were most popular on Halloween.

So far this year, Bush masks have been outselling those of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry by a 57 percent to 43 percent margin, according to one outfit, BuyCostumes.com, the online arm of Wisconsin-based costume marketer Buyseasons Inc.

BuyCostumes.com says Halloween sales figures from manufacturers, national store chains and its own efforts have accurately picked the last six presidential elections.

So does this mean W. gets a second term in office?

" It hasn't failed us yet," Daniel Haight, chief operating officer at Buyseasons, said in an interview. "The masks are a great way for people to express their political leanings at a Halloween party or at a political gathering."

Sources:
http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/23/news/funny/prez_predictors/
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff=/c/a/2004/10/24/INGJV9CVEN1.DTL
http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/news/funny/prez_masks/index.htm?cnn=yes