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As El Matador has written, the PD’s have fallen to a new low in the polls with just 2% of first preferences. Now to me that is a rather significant number because, and I may be wrong here, I always assumed that the margin of error in most polls was at least 2%. If thats the case then in theory the PD’s may actually be so unpopular that even their own TDs would vote for someone else.
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Here’s the Dept of Finance statement issued late last evening about the Minister’s discussion with the banks. I think we know why some banks didn’t want to be in the guarantee scheme: those in the scheme can be made an offer they can’t refuse: to merge.
Mary Harney’s expensive trip to Houston and Phoenix.
The FAS/Florida row is not the only time the issue of her travel costs has arisen.
techPresident – The Future of Campaign Technology: The Ground Game
Irish Parties looking at learning online and database lessons from Obama could do worse than bear this post in mind. Almost as soon as the election is over, improvements and evolution are making some parts redundant and others essential. Get your campaign an i-phone for everyone? Might be better than printing flyers, it goes to show how parties, if they take it seriously, need to keep ahead of the wave - not just follow.
Colman at the EuroTrib give his reasoning on why Lisbon is dead. The Government's incapable handling of the budget cuts are the nail in the coffin.
Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar offers his view on how the SBP Opinion Poll would translate in an election.
Asking the dumb question as usual but isn’t there a threshold below which the pollsters don’t include a party. After all, say the SP or even the WP might get 1% in a poll but they are not included separately. I would actually like to see the independents and others broken down even more. Part of my desire would be to see the look on McDowell and Joe Higgins’ faces if the SP got 2% as well!
The margin of error on the RedC poll is 3%, if memory serves me correctly.