Polls vs. Reality and more Rock Racing

So here it is and another week is gone and another primary and another Rock Racing scandal.

So New Hampshire votes. The media picks Obama by double digits. Hillary pulls it out in the end by 3 points. Couple of things here to mention. First the media is beside itself with "how could it be so wrong". "But this isnt what the polls showed". Know what the polls did show? As many as a 1/3 of voters were either undecided or not completely sure. Not sure about your fuzzy math, but mine puts that at 30+ points. That would make the outcome well within "the margin of error". Also there were a couple of other things to take note of. The press is now wondering what does Obama do with this stunning upset. News flash folks, before Iowa, Obama was 12 points down on Hillary, a week later he is in a basic draw with her (both took the same # of delegates). 12 points in a week, that's not a loss, thats a good week. Also, Obama finished with almost the exact percentage given to him in the polls on Mon. before the primary (lo 30's), Hillary took more of the "undecided" than expected thats all.

Two other notes, first Bill Richardson had announced he will withdraw from the race starting tonight. Too bad, I would have liked to have how he did once the west started voting. And less than 1% of registered voters have expressed who they would like to see in the general election. Lets hope we dont know for sure who is going to be nominated by the time we get to Denver. That would be a great show.

New week, new Rock Racing scandal. Joining Tyler and Santiago Botero at Rock Racing is fellow Operation Puerto veteran Oscar Sevilla. This one week after Frankie Andreu left due to "managerial differences". Also in the rumor mill surrounding Mike Ball and his merry band in none other than Floyd Landis. Apparently Floyd has been invited to the training camp and to join the organization in any manner that would not violate his UCI ban, which is none. Somebody tell Michael Ball that no means no. Still Floyd has been invited to hang out with the guys etc etc in with no official responisbility. Michael Ball has said that he likes to give people a second chance, and I for the most part agree with him. But loading your team with unrepentant dopers at the end of their career just smacks of stupidity. Whatever. Sponsors are running for the hills with this one. Rock Racing had stated that they wanted to be invited to some of the premiere races in Europe this summer , yet somehow they overlooked the fact that they applied for the wrong license. Nice attention to detail. Oh yeah, he also tried to talk Super Mario into a US comeback while they were in Vegas. Nice.