The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

It's being reported that, in 2009, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush incorrectly labeled himself as Hispanic on his voter-registration application. While it was probably just an honest mistake, that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun with it, right? Here are some of the things I believe Jeb said during his short time as an apparent Hispanic: - "The name's Jeb, but my real name is Jebbo, pronounced 'Heh-bow'." - "It was my New Year's resolution to become Hispanic and just look at me now!" - "I wonder how my brother Jorge Jr. and my father Jorge Sr. are doing." - "Ah, Taco Bell! Now that's real Mexican food right there! Yum!" - "Why does it seem like people still see me as white? I think they misunderestimate my Hispanicness." http://time.com/3772081/jeb-bush-hispanic/

Initially, many liberals panicked at the sight of the Gallup presidential election tracking poll and many conservatives jumped with glee. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has held a steady lead in the Gallup poll and has been shown to lead President Barack Obama by as many as 7 points (52-45) within the past week or so. He's led the president by between roughly 3 and 7 points for quite some time. Of course the media has loved this poll for story, controversy, argument and ratings purposes - especially when Romney's lead was 7. However, as some began to wonder and then notice, it appeared as if, along with Rasmussen, Gallup's poll results didn't quite fit in with all the others, which have had the two candidates essentially tied. Numbers geeks such as Nate Silver began dismissing the Gallup poll as an outlier. This may have prompted Gallup to release more detailed information regarding their sample and they recently did just that. Pretty much all the numbe...