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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 17:30:08 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Anyone Need Security? Hire a Homeless Woman</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2009/05/anyone-need-security-hire-a-homeless-woman/</link>
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/videos/homeless-woman-grabs-katharine-mcphee/&quot;&gt;Homeless Woman grabs Katharine McPhee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today feels like a slow news day and it's filled with Kate Gosselin and Carrie Prejean and ugh. Then I found this lil gem.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/celebrities/katharine-mcphee/&quot; target=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/celebrities/katharine-mcphee/&quot;&gt;Katharine McPhee&lt;/a&gt; is walking the street and getting hounded by WAY more paparazzi than she's worth when a crazy homeless lady comes in and handles her business.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The hilarity goes down at around the 1:05 mark. This b*tch is boss.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NSFW&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 17:30:08 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Oprah Is Giving Away Free KFC Grilled Chicken!</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2009/05/oprah-is-giving-away-free-kfc-grilled-chicken/</link>
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&lt;p&gt;Lady O is from the South and she's keeping it country! Oprah Winfrey is giving away a FREE two piece grilled chicken KFC meal. Why, you ask? Who cares! Oprah is giving away a FREE two piece grilled chicken KFC meal, that is all that you need to know.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Details:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/gallery/beyonce-and-oprah/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://static.poponthepop.com/images/gallery/beyonce-and-oprah_520x298.jpg&quot; width=&quot;520&quot; alt=&quot;Beyonce and Oprah &quot; height=&quot;298&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Get two pieces of grilled chicken, two individual sides and a biscuit! Limited Time Download  Coupon download available from 9 a.m. CDT on May 5, 2009, to 9:59 p.m. CDT on May 6, 2009. Coupon is redeemable at participating KFC&amp;reg; locations in the United States from May 5, 2009 to May 19, 2009&amp;mdash;excluding Mother's Day, May 10, 2009. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Coupon is available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090430-tows-kfc-coupon-download&quot; target=&quot;http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090430-tows-kfc-coupon-download&quot;&gt;Oprah.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thanks Craig!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:03:28 EST</pubDate>
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                           <category>Fierce</category>
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                           <author>onthepopmail@yahoo.com (Firecracker)</author>
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         <title>Ricky Martin Isn't Fooling Anyone</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2009/02/18/24429/</link>
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I think Ricky Martin is pulling an Anderson Cooper. He lives his life as a gay man, but just wont acknowledge it in the press. At least that's what I hope he is doing, because if he thinks he is fooling anyone by showing up to an Armani store opening with mucho product in his hair and a purple satin scarf around his neck, he is seriously disturbed. It's not like he is making albums anymore so if he wants to keep his shit private, I say let him. I realize that I'm being a total hypocrite by saying that but I really want to look like a good person.&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:00:55 EST</pubDate>
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                           <category>In Case Someone Cares</category>
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         <title>13-Year-Old Boy Alfie Patten Fathers Daughter With Chantelle Steadman</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2009/02/13/13-year-old-english-boy-fathers-child/</link>
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;We would all love to think that the above pic is of a brother and sister holding their new baby sibling. Well its not! That's a picture of a new mommy and daddy with their infant daughter, and you thought the Octuplet mommy was crazy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Alfie Patten is 13, but he conceived his daughter, Maisie when he was 12 with his 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle. What the hell? The teen-couple are now living with Chantelle's trashy ass father in the Britain's council housing, which is like the projects. You can read the whole story at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2233878.ece&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;. BLECH! I'm so creeped out right now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/gallery/tupac-shakur-sex-tape-picture/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://static.poponthepop.com/images/gallery/tupac-shakur-sex-tape-picture_520x381.jpg&quot; width=&quot;520&quot; alt=&quot;Tupac Shakur Sex Tape Picture&quot; height=&quot;381&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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         <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:40:21 EST</pubDate>
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                           <category>SHOCKERS</category>
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         <title>If You Live in the USA, Canada or Puerto Rico, Get to Denny's If You Can</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2009/02/03/if-you-live-in-the-usa-canada-or-puerto-rico-get-to-dennys-if-you-can/</link>
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&lt;p&gt;I saw the commercial for this yesterday, so I had to throw a post up. Denny's is giving a free Grand Slam out at all their restaurants today. Details:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Dine-in only.  Offer limited to Tuesday, 2/3/09, 6 am to 2 pm in all &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dennys.com/&quot; target=&quot;http://www.dennys.com/&quot;&gt;Denny's&lt;/a&gt; restaurants in the United States*, Canada and Puerto Rico while supplies last.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*With exception of 350 Baker Blvd., Baker, CA, 740 S. Main St., Las Cruces, NM. and 1128 W Thirteenth St., Merced, CA.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:02:52 EST</pubDate>
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                           <category>Random</category>
                           <author>onthepopmail@yahoo.com (Firecracker)</author>
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         <title>Top Strangest Google Searches of the Day</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2009/01/13/top-strangest-google-searches-of-the-day/</link>
         <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Editor's Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Craziest Google searches that led people to this site are (in Italics) , non-italicized words = my commentary.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;hot to douch an asshole &lt;/em&gt;- ZOMG.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;gorgeous tits&lt;/em&gt; - Keira Knightley, Kevin Federline.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;child thong - &lt;/em&gt;Something Mariah Carey would make her baby daughter wear.&lt;em&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;crack pipe sluts - &lt;/em&gt;Whores who screw for crack? Or whores who light up after having really bad sex?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;gay boyfriend turned straight? &lt;/em&gt;- What Star Jones tried to do with Gay Al, what Sarah Jessica Parker was tryna do with Matthew Broderick and what Jennifer Hudson is doing right now with her gay fiance, Punk.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;dude+sex+movies&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;who's hotter david beckham vs brad pitt &lt;/em&gt;- I don't think the two should be compared... so hard. I'd have to say Brad Pitt because his voice doesn't squeak as much as David Beckham's.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;i do not understand &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes, I only have eight inquiries posted today. My Google searches have been &lt;em&gt;boring &lt;/em&gt;with unoriginal inquiries like &quot;Britney Spears' pussy&quot; and &quot;Rihanna haircut,&quot; it's a little less fun to work with.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I spent forever sifting through days of inquiries on my traffic tracker just to get these eight. No worries, I will fight the good fight and probably just dig through archives until I can find decent inquiries until the head cases get to POTP again via their weird Google searches. I love doing Google searches posts, it allows me to be more liberal in my commentary than typical celebrity gossip does.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My fave Google searches posts are &lt;a href=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/31/top-10-strangest-google-searches-of-the-day-11/&quot; target=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/31/top-10-strangest-google-searches-of-the-day-11/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/31/top-10-strangest-google-searches-of-the-day-11/&quot; target=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/31/top-10-strangest-google-searches-of-the-day-11/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/16/top-10-strangest-google-searches-of-the-day-6/&quot; target=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/16/top-10-strangest-google-searches-of-the-day-6/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; but I kind of love 'em all. To re-live the glory days with me just click on the 'Google Searches' label at the bottom of this post.&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:50:24 EST</pubDate>
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                           <category>Random</category>
                  <category>Google Searches</category>
                           <author>onthepopmail@yahoo.com (Firecracker)</author>
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         <title>LOVE The Birthday Cake</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/30/love-the-birthday-cake/</link>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;He huffs, and puffs â&quot; and blows out the candles! John Legend celebrates his 30th birthday Sunday night with a party at New York City's Lucky Strike bowling alley, where the singer was presented with a piano-shaped cake.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/gallery/prince-michael-jackon-and-blanket/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://static.poponthepop.com/images/gallery/prince-michael-jackon-and-blanket_400x550.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Prince Michael Jackon and Blanket&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:39:25 EST</pubDate>
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                           <category>Award Shows and Just Pics</category>
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                           <author>onthepopmail@yahoo.com (Firecracker)</author>
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         <title>Google Searches</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/23/google-searches/</link>
         <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a rel=&quot;attachment wp-att-14935&quot; href=&quot;http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/02/top-10-strangest-pop-on-the-pop-google-searches/logo/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a onclick=&quot;table._drillDown(237); return false;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/search_engine_detail?id=6838938&amp;amp;pdr=20081222-20081222&amp;amp;cmp=average&amp;amp;d1=google&amp;amp;slice=non-paid#&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;using female sluts as urinals &lt;/em&gt; -&amp;nbsp; If I had a penis I possibly would?!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;uncontrollable laughing - &lt;/em&gt;At the Single Ladies YouTube videos.&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;your sister shows her tits&lt;/em&gt; - And your brother shows his dick, but at least your sister gets paid for it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a onclick=&quot;table._drillDown(146); return false;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/search_engine_detail?id=6838938&amp;amp;pdr=20081222-20081222&amp;amp;cmp=average&amp;amp;d1=google&amp;amp;slice=non-paid#&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;how to pop own joints &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;kelly clarkson small tits&lt;/em&gt; - REALLY? Looking for proof...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;power bottom list &lt;/em&gt;- How do I submit my name for consideration?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;bitch pics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;a full video of sex -&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a onclick=&quot;table._drillDown(367); return false;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/search_engine_detail?id=6969814&amp;amp;pdr=20081222-20081222&amp;amp;cmp=average&amp;amp;d1=google&amp;amp;slice=non-paid#&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;With yo mama!&lt;a onclick=&quot;table._drillDown(367); return false;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/search_engine_detail?id=6969814&amp;amp;pdr=20081222-20081222&amp;amp;cmp=average&amp;amp;d1=google&amp;amp;slice=non-paid#&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;fitness dvds for fatties - &lt;/em&gt;Awww... Nothing makes a better Christmas present than suggesting someone should lose some weight.&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;gyllenhaal jake circumcised&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:00:36 EST</pubDate>
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                  <category>Google Searches</category>
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         <title>Top 10 Strangest Pop on the Pop Google Searches</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2008/12/02/top-10-strangest-pop-on-the-pop-google-searches/</link>
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&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite blogging duties is finding out what people type into Google that brings 'em to my site. Now I'm taking you on the ride with me and you can observe the absurdity of it all. I hope to begin sharing what I think are my top 10 craziest Google searches for the current day on which I post them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But, you know me: I hope to do a vintage youtube video of the day and I hope to keep my 'because he's hot' Friday posts going and I hope to blog on the weekends one of these days and I hope to... so no expectations, puh-lease.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So here's the top 10 strangest Google searches for December 1st that led people to poponthepop.com, (yes, I typed this yesterday and saved it as a draft) but these posts will be current from now on. I pinky toe swear.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt; &lt;em&gt;britney spears cheese grits &lt;/em&gt;- did someone want the recipe?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;i really need some pussy help &lt;/em&gt;- this is from Kanye yelling that into the mic on stage&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;grandma showing boobs&lt;/em&gt; - I actually would like to see pics of this&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;bare nipples&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;allergic reactions to vodka&lt;/em&gt; - POTP probably came up cause Wino snorts vodka&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;celebrity penis comment&lt;/em&gt; - that's like every comment I make about a hot dude&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;madonna loves anal &lt;/em&gt;- doubtful. And if she does love anal, that's only when she's wearing a strap-on&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;mariah carey shaved vulva&lt;/em&gt; - of course Mimi shaves! I never want to see the photographic evidence though&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;my new titties &lt;/em&gt;- could be heidi montag or so many other bitches&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; &lt;em&gt;eva mendes pops out&lt;/em&gt; - of what? and i'm guessing they want some pics of eva's &quot;my new titties&quot; popping out?&lt;/li&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:30:21 EST</pubDate>
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                           <category>Personal/Sidenote</category>
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                  <category>Google Searches</category>
                           <author>onthepopmail@yahoo.com (Firecracker)</author>
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         <title>I'm Geeking Out</title>
         <link>http://poponthepop.com/2008/11/05/im-geeking-out/</link>
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&lt;p&gt;I rather blog about Barack all day long, but I'll get to celeb gossip next, with the exception of my thoughts on Obama's win which will be posted later. Anyway, here's some election terms you may have heard last night or may hear today. I find this fascinating. My inner geek is emerging, as if it doesn't with every single posts. Hope some of you enjoy or learn something. :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Bradley Effect&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
This is the theory that says white voters tell pollsters they're voting for the black candidate when they really won't in the &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_5&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;voting booth&lt;/span&gt;. It's named after &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/pl_ynews/storytext/ynews_pl129/29755417/SIG=12068btqt/*http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1851287,00.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_6&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;Tom Bradley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_7&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;mayor of Los Angeles&lt;/span&gt; who ran for governor in 1982. That year, it was widely reported he had a polling lead going into &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_8&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; style=&quot;background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;Election Day&lt;/span&gt;, but then lost the race.Â  Many people, including some involved in the campaigns that year, &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/pl_ynews/storytext/ynews_pl129/29755417/SIG=12nnsiki7/*http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/the_bradley_effect_selective_m.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_9&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;say the theory is wrong&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and was based on bad reporting at the time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_10&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/span&gt; loses, you'll hear a lot about this. If Obama wins by a slim majority, look for pundits to talk about the Wilder Effect. This one is similar to the Bradley Effect, only it's based on Doug Wilder, the first black &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_11&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;governor of Virginia&lt;/span&gt;. His substantial polling lead did not materialize when voters went to the polls, but he still eked out a win.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nate Silver&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Silver is an &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_12&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;Electoral College&lt;/span&gt; polling savant who started the website &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/pl_ynews/storytext/ynews_pl129/29755417/SIG=111gp29kq/*http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_13&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;Five Thirty Eight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. He used to crunch &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_14&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;baseball statistics&lt;/span&gt;, but this year, he got into the &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_15&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;political prediction game&lt;/span&gt; when he thought the mainstream media was doing it wrong. He says Obama has a 98.9% chance of winning if the polls are right.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Filibuster-Proof Majority&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You'll hear this in reference to the Senate races. If it happens tonight, that means the Democrats now have 60 seats in the Senate, making it possible for that majority to stop the other party from killing legislation through &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/pl_ynews/storytext/ynews_pl129/29755417/SIG=11ut2mli6/*http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/filibuster.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_17&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;filibuster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The head of the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/news/ynews/pl_ynews/storytext/ynews_pl129/29755417/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081102/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_senate_1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_18&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;Chuck Schumer said&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; winning this many seats is possible, but not likely.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I-4 Corridor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You'll hear this term, referring to Interstate 4, when pundits start to explain how &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_19&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; style=&quot;background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;Florida&lt;/span&gt; voted. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/pl_ynews/storytext/ynews_pl129/29755417/SIG=12a3tc274/*http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/713624.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_20&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;Miami Herald&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;'nearly one out of five of the state's &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_21&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;unaffiliated voters&lt;/span&gt; live in this swath between Tampa and Daytona Beach, and an even higher percentage are considered ''persuadable'' Democrats and Republicans.'&quot;Â  What happens here may determine what happens in Florida.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Blue Dog Democrats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
This is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/pl_ynews/storytext/ynews_pl129/29755417/SIG=126ls30ou/*http://www.house.gov/ross/BlueDogs/10%20Years%20of%20Leadership.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_22&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot;&gt;moderate caucus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_23&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; style=&quot;background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;Democratic Party&lt;/span&gt;. They're the fiscally conservative types. This group could be discussed in two situations. If McCain wins, pundits will talk about how McCain will have to pull in the Blue Dogs to get his measures passed in Congress. If Obama wins, same idea.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GOTV&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Nope, this isn't some name of a fancy TV station. It's initials for &quot;Get Out The Vote.&quot; This is also referred to as the &quot;ground game.&quot; In other words, it's how the political parties make sure you to show up to the polls.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And here's a good definition of the electoral college.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_2&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;Electoral College&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The body through which America casts its presidential votes. The winner of the popular vote in each state wins the electoral votes in that state. (With the exception of Nebraska - see below.) There are &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1225837551_3&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;538 electoral votes&lt;/span&gt; up for grabs; the guy who gets 270 or more wins.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl129#full&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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