THIS column would have talked about HOPE or honest, orderly, peaceful elections but that is trite and we know it ain’t, so what can we expect in the next 90 days? First and foremost, surveys will frame the timelines. Pulse Asia picks more urban spots while SWS has relatively proportionate spots in urban and rural areas. The manner the questions are asked, the news cycle that acts as a multiplier to a candidate and the spots determine the differences in readings.
Second, the Supreme Court has to speed up its oral arguments or else candidate Poe will have a decided advantage and that has been the strategy of her campaign: a free ride in media via the foundling and residency issues, and now we have the specter that the SC oral arguments are riding the news cycle. It has been said time and time again, that no presidential candidate has used, milked and pulped such lack of requirements to her advantage.
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