Kagro in the Morning - October 6, 2022

<p><strong>David Waldman</strong> sure has <a title="" href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/6/2127342/-Kagro-in-the-Morning-is-LIVE-at-9-AM-ET" target="_blank" rel="noopener">got that glow</a> this morning... but that’s not a spray atonement, that’s the real deal, ready for a whole new year.</p> <p><strong>Greg Dworkin</strong> takes us for a ride on <a title="" href= "https://www.ndn.org/blog/2022/10/good-week-politics-and-polling-dems-10522" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the midterm pollercoaster</a>, to remind us that polls <a title="" href= "https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=231f9d21997ad863JmltdHM9MTY2NTAxNDQwMCZpZ3VpZD0zMGI4ZGJmNy04MjBkLTZhZjAtMDU3ZC1kNGExODNhNTZiNWMmaW5zaWQ9NTE5Mw&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=30b8dbf7-820d-6af0-057d-d4a183a56b5c&psq=Horse-race+polls+are+not+fixable&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF0aW9uYWxqb3VybmFsLmNvbS9zLzcxOTA0Ni9ob3JzZXJhY2UtcG9sbHMtYXJlLW5vdC1maXhhYmxlLw&ntb=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aren’t good at predicting the winners of elections</a>. What they’re good for is, uhm, <a title= "" href= "https://www.register-herald.com/news/michigan-voters-favor-abortion-voting-rights-term-limits-reform-proposals-poll-finds/article_a48a0c78-2a00-5c88-b646-95972beb55b4.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teaching us not to trust polls</a><a title="" href= "https://www.register-herald.com/news/michigan-voters-favor-abortion-voting-rights-term-limits-reform-proposals-poll-finds/article_a48a0c78-2a00-5c88-b646-95972beb55b4.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">,</a> or at least <a title="" href= "https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-polling-on-the-issues-probably-isnt-as-broken-as-horse-race-polling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bet-hedging pollsters</a>. That’s because people who vote are <a title="" href= "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1577460561327054849.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strange, and unique, and partisan</a>.</p> <p>That said, <span style="text-align: left;">Herschel Walker’s polling is <a title="" href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/herschel-wal