Archives---November, 2008
November 20, 2008 Suttle World goes away
...That's it---at least for the time being. Suttle World has tired of staring at a blinking cursor, and consequently suspends the updates of Suttle Security Council Daily Briefings until further notice. SOTD updates will continue on a daily basis, as will the periodic literary submissions of cuzin Matt. In the interim, Suttle World will continue to spiff up its wardrobe in anticipation of the inaugural events in January.
November 18, 2008 Suttle World returns
...What began as a brief and welcome hiatus from the keyboard was escalated by a technical glitch by the host of Suttle World---making publication, and in many cases merely viewing the site, impossible. Such would seem to have been resolved. Suttle World has completed its server migration, despite the necessity of the inclusion of the www prefix in some areas of the globe. The host cannot explain this anomaly, but assures Suttle World that the issue should be resolved shortly.
..."WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday. And 60 percent of 12,000 general practice physicians found they would not recommend medicine as a career. Eleven percent said they plan to retire and 13 percent said they plan to seek a job that removes them from active patient care. Twenty percent said they will cut back on patients seen and 10 percent plan to move to part-time work." That's now, not under some utopian universal health care system in which the above numbers will soar as opposed to MDs become government employees.
..."ECGulls.com
BEVERLY, Mass. - The Endicott College
women's soccer team lost to William Smith College
who won a penalty kick shootout 4-3 to advance to
the third round of the NCAA Division III Women's
Soccer Tournament. The two teams were tied 1-1 at
the end of 110 minutes of action, leavi
ng
the Herons 14-1-5 on the season, while the Gulls
end the year with a 16-3-3 mark."
...Checking in from the road once again is cuzin matt with another installment of Bruner's Texas Takes >>>>>>>>>>>
November 11, 2008 VETERANS DAY Gulls in NCAA tourney
..."(ECGulls.com) BEVERLY, Mass. - The NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Committee announced the field of 61 teams for the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship on Monday afternoon, and Endicott College has been awarded an At-Large bid. The Gulls resume was enough to impress the selection committee as Endicott will travel to Rochester, NY to face Nazareth College in the opening round." The time is TBA, but the match will be played Saturday in the first round of brackets that looks like the schematic for the Space Shuttle, but becomes a bit simpler after this weekend.
...Unreported from the weekend was an unremarkable foray to the Yaraab Shrine Temple Saturday to take in a post season Women's Flat Track Roller Derby event. The evening did not meet expectations, but Suttle World suspects that to be due in large part to it being an exhibition event that was evidently preceded by a day of happenings to prepare to the the next season, etc... There's potential---just not realized last Saturday.
November
10, 2008 Bruner's Texas
take
...Getting the week off to a good start, comes another essay from the road by correspondent Matt Bruner with another stellar installment of Bruner's Texas Takes that, this morning, finds our heroes motoring across the western US.
November 9, 2008 Suttle World forgets
...It started like a normal morning, but, long story short, Suttle World returned to slumber land, was resurrected, and continued about its normal daily duties only to stumble across the memory of "update web site." Regardless, the mandatory daily updates have been remedied, and in some cases (SOTD e.g.), accomplished in a stellar manner.
...(ECGulls.com) BEVERLY, Mass. - Roger Williams University freshman forward Laurin Pendleton (Southwick, Mass.) headed home the game-winner with just 19 seconds left in regulation to help the Hawks capture The Commonwealth Coast Conference Women's Soccer Championship over Endicott College, 1-0, on Saturday afternoon in Beverly, MA." (Full story here). Tough break for the Gulls who had a 16 game unbeaten streak interrupted, and now must wait until tomorrow morning to see if they receive an at large big in the NCAA Division III championship tournament that begins next weekend. A 15-2-2 mark on the year speaks well of their chances.
...The question is best framed as to whom would win an Alabama/Texas Tech matchup, and Suttle World would have to go with the Red Raiders at this point. Carolina beats Tech like a baby seal, but they fail to put up enough points for the Gene, the Caucasian's, parlay to pay---plunging the 2008 season deep into the red. A winning teaser could right the ship, so how bouts the NFL today? Suttle World is no homer in taking the Falcons again to key this week's play---they just have the best value on the board. The gentle surfer who eschews the exotic bets, taking the Falcons and spotting one point to the Saints is an excellent value. Suttle World, of course, likes the exotics, and takes the three team, six point teaser (net): ATL +5 v. NO; NO @ ATL under 57; and IND @ PIT over 33. Pays 9:5.
...Lovely, sunny autumn day in and about stately Roberts/Suttle Manor that is on the receiving end of a long needed re-pigmentation project. The exterior was completed earlier this week, and the great indoors continues as of this writing.
...Be sure to turn in tomorrow, as Suttle World starts the week with another brilliant Bruner's Texas Take courtesy of cuzin Matt, who along with trusty spouse and loving vehicle is meandering about the western US.
...Memo to The Dictators: on or about Wednesday, December 10 would be an ideal time to schedule a gig or two in NYC. Some great air and lodging deals are currently available for the Big Apple, but won't last long---sorta like all of us, kapisch?
November 8, 2008 Hawks cruise to 4-0
...Power forward Josh Smith will probably miss a full month, but his unfortunate injury last night in the first quarter against Toronto in no way interfered with the beat down the now 4-0 Hawks laid upside the Raptors head at Philips. Next up is a roadie against lowly Oklahoma City, making it highly likely the Hawks could begin this season 5-0, with three of the wins on the road. This is how good ball clubs get past serious injuries---"buying" a few games early on for when folks are beat up later.
"(AP) WASHINGTON – The nation's unemployment rate bolted to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent in October as another 240,000 jobs were cut, far worse than economists expected and stark proof the economy is deteriorating at an alarmingly rapid pace." Memo to Earth: a tax increase will only aggravate this state of affairs, and reduce revenue to government because people aren't working.
...The gentle surfer who demonstrated the mortal sin of envy for those who dwelled in and around the ATL due to an lack of absolute saturation of the air waves with political ads unlike most of the country can now take sick solace in knowledge of the quirky Georgia practice of being the only of the several states requiring a majority vote for election to statewide office. Incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss came up a few thousand votes shy of said majority (the Libertarian candidate took a big chunk/3%), and will face Democrat lightweight challenger Jim Martin in a presumed December 2 runoff. And, yes, those TV and radio spots are just swell.
...A whacky Saturday musing...In this most challenging worldwide economy, with jobless rates creeping upward, and real earnings at a stagnate level, many a gentle surfer is quite rightly concerned with companies breaking camp, and heading overseas/over the border. Wouldn't it be really cool if every corporate entity in the world would walk through fire to (re)locate in the good old USA? Would companies be more prone to behave in that matter if instead of an incredibly onerous corporate tax code, that at 35% is the second highest in the industrialized world, and replaced it with nothing? No minutiae record keeping in triplicate. No mailing in the "matching contribution" and other withholding for employees. Just turn on the lights, and unlock the front door. Convenient to world class equity markets, shopping and schools. The Fair Tax fits the description. Its enactment, accompanied by just a half-ass attempt in reigning in the behemoth that is the $3 trillion/year federal government can save the republic. Maintaining the current 66,000 page (The Bible x5), while giving tax cuts to those who don't pay taxes won't.
...OK, so Massachusetts becomes the twelfth state to enact some form of marijuana decimalization last Tuesday. First, Suttle World is shocked that the number is 12, but given the aging population, and the ballot initiative process in many states...No one seems to know how it will play out in the commonwealth, but Suttle World was certain a quote like the one from "Hampden District Attorney William Bennett said Wednesday that he'll drop all pending charges of possessing an ounce or less of marijuana and won't prosecute new ones in order to focus instead on drug dealers" was coming. Go after the evil dealers. Its cool to have an ounce, but not be an evil dealer. Where the hell are the innocent small processors supposed to procure their now decriminalized dead plant? Suttle World does not dwell in the cannabis debate largely for that reason. Dead plants are simply not worthy of the discussion, and certainly of no interest to government in any quantity. Suttle World is also fairly certain that many a spare bedroom across the Bay State will be converted this weekend---just in time for the holidays. Such a state of affairs will most likely make it a pretty good holiday season for the New England Darwin Awards crowd as well.
...The Endicott women's soccer squad head into their eighth consecutive TCCC conference finals this afternoon as the Gulls host #2 seed Roger Williams in Beverly. The winner will receive an automatic bid into a very complicated looking bracket that makes up the NCAA Division III national championship. The first two rounds are next weekend, the regional finals are the weekend prior to Thanksgiving, and the "final four" is played out in Greensboro, NC Fri.-Sat., Dec. 5-6. Suttle World can find Greensboro. The Gulls will have to figure the rest of it out for themselves. Suttle World readily admits to not knowing a corner kick from a crossbar, but it seems as though that Caitlin Flynn play has worked out pretty well this year, and would most likely stick with it.
...Old skool on the
tube at this writing---its a hard hitting WSB TV
editorial. Suttle World misses hard hitting
editorial opinions from local affiliates---a
staple of its youth. Seems as though management
is dead set against innocent folks being killed in
high speed police chases. Moving simply because
they dared t
o
go out on a limb with such a radical position...it
gives Suttle World a big case of the warm fuzzies,
or it could just be gas.
...Retro in the evening...Sherman dials back the cute-o-meter, as Suttle World explains that it will finally have the opportunity to take in a match of the Atlanta Rollergirls tonight, albeit a post-season exhibition against the Dirty South Derby Girls of Nashville, TN. The regular season over the course of the summer was a smashing success, with each event sold out before Suttle World could procure ducats. Suttle World is fascinated with this "business model"/the WFTDA (Women's Flat Track Derby Association). The ATL is evidently fairly typical of the couple dozen "franchises" of the WFTDA around the country---a loyal, cult following ensures big crowds in small venues/rinks. The Rollergirls moved their operation in-town to the Yaraab Shrine Temple/former Phenix Rising gig site on Ponce where they can sell beer. Beer + merch + gate = reasonably good return on investment. Should be fun, and a most interesting study.
...All Circuit City's in the ATL must go! This particular market will see a shut down of all stores, and Suttle World hastens to add that their national downsizing is not the result of the current economy, instead directly the result of adapting the wrong model for an electronics retailer in a very, very tough business. They will not be missed, save the job loss, and Suttle World has sympathy fatigue by the time the line gets around to Circuit City sales weasel.
...Hurricane una Paloma blanca (ah-haaaa) is bearing down on the Cayman Islands and Cuba. The track is then to the northeast and out into the Atlantic, but kind cool for mid November.
...A complete rundown of the ATL weekend TV sports calendar is here for the clicking. Today's NCAA highlights begin at noon in Chapel Hill as Carolina hosts Georgia Tech in a crucial ACC Coastal division game. Georgia at LSU may be entertaining---or at least holds out the most promise for the 3:30 game, and Oklahoma State at Texas Tech sounds like a damn good prime time matchup. Gene, the Caucasian, will make a stab at getting towards even with a parlay play of UNC -3.5 and Ga. Tech @ UNC over 40. Pays 7:5. Suttle World also hastens to add that the Citadel will be available for local viewing, as the Bulldogs head to Spartanburg to take on Wofford (Fox Sports South 3:30).
November 7, 2008 Illinois golfer deserving beat down
"(AP) KAPPA, Ill. – Central Illinois amateur golfer Curt Hocker is on a roll. Five rolls, to be exact. Just ask anyone at the El Paso Golf Club, where the 22-year-old has recorded five holes-in-one in the last week, including two on Saturday. In this year alone, Hocker has seven aces, five on par-4s, and two other double eagles." On behalf of hundreds of thousands of those who play the game with passion and dedication, Suttle World extends a big fuck you to Curt Hocker of central Illinois. Are there any windmills or clown's mouths on this course? As an aside, Peachtree Old Fart Golf Classic invitees may have come to believe that they were mercifully off the hook now that Putt Putt no long officially dwells in Spartanburg---the site of the first round of the first year of competition. Such a belief is false, as Suttle World hastens to point out that Hendersonville, NC sports, to the best of Suttle World's knowledge, the only municipal miniature golf course in the nation---smack dab in the middle of downtown. Fore!
..."(AP)...Target Corp. and Costco were among the many retailers reporting sales declines last month. Even teens stayed away from malls. American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. reported drops in sales. But Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, logged a sales gain as shoppers hunted for bargains." Given consumer spending drives two-thirds of the American economy, such are meat and potatoes indicators of potentially serious issues. The intellectually honest solution: a joint fireside chat with President Bush and President-elect Obama. "My fellow Americans, we may have our differences, but we also have a great deal in common---like the belief that for the sake of our nation, Americans of all creeds, colors and walks of life must start spending money like mo-fos. We shall go on to the end, we shall shop in the mall, we shall shop on the seas and oceans, we shall shop with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our country, whatever the cost may be, we shall shop on the beaches, we shall shop on the landing grounds, we shall shop in the fields and in the streets, we shall shop in the hills; we shall never surrender our MasterCard..."
..."(AP) CLEVELAND – Jay Cutler turned Brady Quinn's big night into his own prime-time showcase. Cutler passed for a career-high 447 yards, throwing three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter Thursday night — the last an 11-yarder to Brandon Marshall with 1:14 remaining — to rally the broken Denver Broncos to a 34-30 win over the Cleveland Browns that spoiled Quinn's highly hyped debut as an NFL starter." And so week ten of the NFL season is underway with an additional thought from Suttle World. The TV numbers are going to be disappointing. Its an interesting experiment, but given the plethora of competition, viewers aren't going to pay even a nominal amount for a handful of games that the league has been pleading with them to watch for free over the last five decades. Suttle World also finds it mighty convenient that "Brady Quinn's big night" just happened to come on the first NFL Network Thursday night game.
...It was yesterday that Suttle World discovered that when asked about why he was reluctant to wear a mask, NHL hall of fame goaltender Gump Worsley answered: "My face is my mask." Suttle World isn't sure what this means, but likes it nonetheless, and shall attempt to incorporate the quip as often as possible in future rants.
November 6, 2008 Markets plunge and unusual stuff too
"(AP) NEW YORK -- A case of post-election nerves sent Wall Street plunging Wednesday as investors, looking past Barack Obama's presidential victory, returned to their fears of a deep and protracted recession. Volatility swept over the market again, with the Dow Jones industrials falling nearly 500 points and all the major indexes tumbling more than 5 percent." Suttle World really does hate to be a buzz kill, especially just a two days after the election, but the little pest some refer to as reality waits for no celebration. Can yesterday's Wall Street massacre be laid at the feet of the new president-elect? No, the markets have shown incredible volatility over the past six weeks, but with the election of Walter Mondale, Jr. (remember?, he promised to raise the gentle surfer's taxes, and was proud), some investors might be tempted to take any remaining winnings off the table to avoid a doubling of capital gains tax that 2009 will bring on top of huge income tax increases for high earners/job creators. Suttle World is beginning to understand the incredible popular appeal FDR enjoyed, with the overwhelming majority of American's of a similar mindset: "I may no have shoes, or a way of finding a job to buy some, but the FDR said he cared that I don't have shoes, so its going to be OK."
...DAMN! "PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - With a fox locked onto her arm, an Arizona jogger ran a mile to her car, where she was able to dislodge the animal, throw it into the trunk and drive to a Prescott hospital. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said the fox, which later attacked an animal control officer, tested positive for rabies. Thinking the fox was rabid, she wanted to make sure it didn't get away so she ran to her car, where she was able to pry open its jaws, wrap it in a sweat shirt and toss it into the trunk. The woman is receiving rabies vaccinations, as is the animal control officer." Smart lady. Suttle World doubts it would have the presence of mind to have corralled the critter, but as one jogs along for a MILE with a rabid fox firmly affixed to one's arm, there's plenty of time to enjoy the wonders of nature and ponder ponderous things, such as: "what the hell am I going to do with a rabid fox attached to my arm when this mile run is over, and I arrive at my car?" The fox had no comment.
...DAMN II! Many a pundit has picked New Orleans to emerge from the Western Conference in the NBA this season. Such prognostications are evidently of little consequence to the undefeated Atlanta Hawks who moved to 3-0 on the year with a convincing 87-79 win over the Hornets in front of a near capacity crowd last night in the Big Easy. Two road wins to open a season!!!! Get outa heya!
...DAMN III! "(Gigwise.com) Cream bassist Jack Bruce..."Fuck off, Zeppelin, you're crap. You've always been crap and you'll never be anything else. The worst thing is that people believe the crap that they're sold. Cream is 10 times the band that Led Zeppelin is." That, boys and girls, is big league hectagenarian rock n roll smack. Don't make me get my walker and come over there! On the advice of counsel, Suttle World respectfully declines to make any further comment on the matter, excepting a hope that there's more to come, and wonder if a drive-by is far behind?
November 5, 2008 Obama elected 44th president
...To the winners go the spoils, and these spoils are uniquely savory for many of the 60 million Americans who cast a ballot for Senator Barack Obama who will be inaugurated in January as the 44th President of the United States of America. Suttle World will save any thoughts and analysis for later. For now, this moment in history speaks for itself, and seems best played out sans commentary.
..."(ECGulls.com) BEVERLY, Mass. - Sophomore midfielder Kayla Plante (Sanford, Maine) connected on a solid header off a corner from TCCC Player of the Year Caitlin Flynn (Southold, N.Y.) in the 75th minute to lift the top-seeded Gulls past cross-town rival Gordon College, 1-0, in the TCCC Semifinals on Tuesday in Beverly, Mass. The win propels Endicott into the conference finals for the eighth-straight year, where the Gulls will host Roger Williams University on Saturday." Suttle World wonders as to whether yesterday's heroine is kin to Jacques Plante, and as to how many lifetime goals Doug Moans had against the hall of fame netminder. Full story here.
...The 2-0, first place, Atlanta Hawks travel to New Orleans tonight to take on the Hornets (Sports South 8:00 EST).
November 4, 2008 Santa chad finally arrives
...A record number of Americans will complete the voting process today, and two things will have been accomplished: the next President of the United States will be elected, and Suttle World is that much more resolute in eliminating the popular election of the the President of the United States.
..."(Times Online - UK) Teenagers who watch Sex in the City, Friends and other TV shows featuring sex scenes and discussions of sex are far more likely to get pregnant or get someone else pregnant than their peers, a new study has found. The study, which tracked more than 700 sexually active teenagers aged between 12 and 17 for three years, discovered that those who viewed the most sexual content were almost twice as likely to get pregnant or get their girlfriend pregnant as those who saw the least explicit TV. The study was lead by Anita Chandra, a behavioural scientist at RAND, an independent research organisation. It is published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics." Quickly coming to the rescue is Dirk Bremen, the chief counsel of the Suttle World Institute for Studying Really Stupid Stuff with contradictory data. Following an exhaustive study by the Institute, it has been concluded that sexually active teens who watch Sex in the City, Friends and other TV shows featuring sex scenes and discussions of sex are far more likely to be less intelligent, and, therefore, less adept at preventing pregnancies. We never learn. Its been less than 50 years since thousands of American pre-adolescent boys began hurling themselves out of the windows of high ises after watching episodes of Superman. More distressing, is that many involved in this study have voter registration cards.
November 2, 2008 Search for #1 intensifies
...Given voting is all the rage of late, the gentle surfer would most likely leap at a chance to pencil in its own top ten NCAA Division I football programs, especially the #1 pick, but Suttle World speculates that few of the balloters would be filling in the top slot with any high degree of certainty/intellectual honesty following one whacky weekend of college ball. Texas has had a grueling schedule the past several weeks, but looked simply unprepared for a really interesting Texas Tech team that remains unbeaten following their last second win over the #1 Longhorns last night. Texas is the best Suttle World has seen this year, and they were simply shut down, so the Red Raiders are now #1, right? That would all depend on what the gentle surfer thought of Florida making Georgia into a semblance of the 95 lb and up Pop Warner traveling team yesterday afternoon in Gainesville at the world's largest gathering of poorly dressed drunks (it can't be called "the world's largest cocktail party" anymore). As an aside, this may be a good sign the global economy is returning to normal, with Georgia resuming its traditional role of Florida's bitch, along with improved Indonesian productivity numbers, but Suttle World digresses. Ranked teams go 11-7 against unranked or lower ranked opponents for the weekend. Such clarity argues well against a playoff system that isn't necessary because there is no championship awarded in Division I football---the most popular short bus competition in recorded history. Regardless, any of the five teams below Texas have something of a valid claim to being the new #1 when the BCS algorithm is released this evening. Given geographical vote distribution (northeastern skewed) in the AP poll, Suttle World would not be surprised to see Penn State atop the new rankings.
...Gene, the Caucasian, is none too pleased with last night's outcome, turning a potentially huge day into the year's biggest loss, so like any "good gambler," its time to double down in order to get even. For the slower gentle surfer, this is why they give away drinks and other cool stuff in casinos and sports books---something of a disadvantage for the online folks, who in concert with Google, are quickly bringing to market a USB device that will dispense watered down well brands of booze to home PCs. Look for details at the Techno show in Vegas (the mega trade show kicked to the curb by the ATL a decade ago in order to defer to the riotous, non-spending, Freaknic invaders of yesteryear) early in '09. Oh yeah, doubling down/getting even---that would necessitate a look towards today's NFL board. Its a Pete Roselle kinda year, but the Falcons were a dependable 2/3rds of last week's winning teaser, and appear to anchor this week's as well. The standard six point, three team/play bet looks like this (net): ATL +3.5 @ OAK; ATL @ OAK over 35.5; and PIT @ WAS over 30.5. Pays 9:5.
...With regard to the other voting, it may not be a blowout, but its over. Suttle World can make any number of "valid" arguments as to why Senator McCain could pull this out, but the large early turnout gives Suttle World the visceral understanding that the outcome will not be in its favor, nor that of the nation. Yes, the talking heads will be watched this morning with extra diligence. Its called denial. Also, Suttle World finds it important to note that what is not over is the number of Democrats that will inhabit the Senate come next January, and urges the gentle surfer to take any means necessary (well, no measures more extreme than ACORN) to ensure that number is below 60.
...From the man bites dog department..."(Miami Herald) Midnight Friday marked the end of October and the news from Miami's homicide office was what didn't happen. No one was murdered. October passed without a homicide -- meaning for the first time since May 1966, an entire month went by in the city of Miami without someone succumbing violently."
..."(ECCGulls.com) BEVERLY, Mass. - The Commonwealth Coast Conference Player of the Year Caitlin Flynn (Southold, N.Y.) scored in the 67th minute to help lift top-seeded Endicott past No. 8 Nichols College, 1-0, in a TCCC Quarterfinal women's soccer matchup in Beverly, Massachusetts. With the win, Endicott improves to 14-2-2 and will host a semifinal game on Tuesday afternoon. Nichols closes out the year at 10-8-1." (complete story here). Gordon will be the Enidcott's semifinal opponent. The Gulls compete in a sport in which the NCAA does award a national championship each season---this year both Division III men's and women's soccer "final fours" will be hosted Fri(?) and Sat, December 5-6, by Greensboro College at Macpherson Stadium at Bryan Park just north of Greensboro, NC.
November 1, 2008
...It worked! Evidently most major media organs picked up on the Suttle World scoop regarding the cancellation of Halloween last night. Aside from a couple dozen ding-dongers who evidently didn't get the memo, the "holiday" by-passed stately Roberts-Suttle Manor; and so the first milestone in the annual cool weather festive holiday death march is complete.
...Gene, the Caucasian, strongly urges a Saturday trip to the window. Once again the bias against the college/19 year old game is eschewed, and rises to the level of what may well be the best betting opportunity of the season. Texas is a highly successfully tested, legitimate #1 team that will spank a very overrated Texas Tech that has yet to meet an opponent of any great caliber. Spot the 3.5---in a wild kinda way---up it 50% to a $150 outlay; and why mess with the pesky change of a fifty? Let the teller keep it and trade it for a parlay ticket that includes both Texas -3.5 @ Texas Tech and Florida -6.5 v. Georgia. Pays 13:5, and seems well worth leaving the change. The ATL weekend TV sports lineup is here for the clicking.
...In the traditional sense, polls open in 72 hours, and either the gentle surfer already gets it or won't.
..."(Zogby Polls News Release) 11-02-08, 1:00AM UTICA, New York -- Republican John McCain made a small gain against Democrat Barack Obama and has pulled back within the margin of error, now trailing Obama by five points, 49.1% to 44.1%, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby daily tracking telephone poll shows. Pollster John Zogby: "Is McCain making a move? The three-day average holds steady, but McCain outpolled Obama today, 48% to 47%. He is beginning to cut into Obama's lead among independents, is now leading among blue collar voters, has strengthened his lead among investors and among men, and is walloping Obama among NASCAR voters. Joe the Plumber may get his license after all. "Obama's lead among women declined, and it looks like it is occurring because McCain is solidifying the support of conservative women, which is something we saw last time McCain picked up in the polls. If McCain has a good day tomorrow, we will eliminate Obama's good day three days ago, and we could really see some tightening in this rolling average. But for now, hold on." Suttle World would set the odds at 3:2, and probably draw equal action if it were to open for business today. The gentle surfer can do much better, with online sports book, Looselines.com, offering McCain at an astonishing +$580. The rest of the internet seems to be in the still value section of +$400 or more.
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