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George II

(67,782 posts)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:51 PM Oct 2020

Harry Enten is on CNN right now. He's the "poll guru" they use, much more knowledgeable....

...than that hack Kornacki on MSNBC.

Anyway, he's not calling it, but he thinks that Biden is going to win Florida! He also thinks that PA, MI, and WI are going to Biden.

Now we have to cross our fingers and fret the next 8 days, hoping there is no outside interference.

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Harry Enten is on CNN right now. He's the "poll guru" they use, much more knowledgeable.... (Original Post) George II Oct 2020 OP
I've got PTSD cilla4progress Oct 2020 #1
Nope that is PESD whistler162 Oct 2020 #10
Me too. Native Oct 2020 #16
Yes, it's the President Trump Stress Disorder! Pathwalker Oct 2020 #18
oh good lord qazplm135 Oct 2020 #2
I usually switch stations when he goes to his board. However, I WILL watch him on election night. lamp_shade Oct 2020 #6
Yes, he's good at what he does PatSeg Oct 2020 #14
What? Since when is Kornacki a hack? Stand and Fight Oct 2020 #3
I think and I feel awful saying it whistler162 Oct 2020 #11
I love him renate Oct 2020 #12
I agree. I like his energy and expertise. nolabear Oct 2020 #23
I really like his energy too.....AND HE'S GREAT AT HIS JOB. a kennedy Oct 2020 #30
I think he's great Rice4VP Oct 2020 #29
To the commenters ahead of me Tom Rivers Oct 2020 #4
I personally do not care for Kornacki and therefore ... Iliyah Oct 2020 #5
Don't Do Kornacki light. I will take that straight-up NEAT JCMach1 Oct 2020 #7
I like Enten way more than Kornacki Wanderlust988 Oct 2020 #8
Oh God, I hope so! mcar Oct 2020 #9
Pretty sure we won't be sure of the outcome for a lot longer than 8 days Beaverhausen Oct 2020 #13
Outside interference faces a small playing field because so many votes are already cast bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #15
Enten really is SO much better than Kornacki George, your are correct. Maru Kitteh Oct 2020 #17
It's "you're," as in, "you are". "Your" is the possessive form. Stand and Fight Oct 2020 #31
With the number of people voting in person, we may have a result on election night. Lonestarblue Oct 2020 #19
If he's saying Biden is going to win Florida.. Hip2bSquare Oct 2020 #20
Do NOT stop GOTV & campaigning until we are past the finish line! CottonBear Oct 2020 #21
I've got to get more chocolate. BarbD Oct 2020 #22
Just vote. warmfeet Oct 2020 #24
We voted 20 days ago. George II Oct 2020 #28
I was thinking... Roy Rolling Oct 2020 #25
Yawn... brooklynite Oct 2020 #26
I don't think he's in the tank for trump, in fact I don't think anyone on either MSNBC or CNN.... George II Oct 2020 #27

cilla4progress

(26,468 posts)
1. I've got PTSD
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:59 PM
Oct 2020

from '16.

Headache, jumpy/jittery. Trouble concentrating.

Trying to keep scheduled events down for next coupla weeks.

Thanks.

Pathwalker

(6,603 posts)
18. Yes, it's the President Trump Stress Disorder!
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:32 PM
Oct 2020

Right now, I'm in the Hyper Vigilance phase.

qazplm135

(7,654 posts)
2. oh good lord
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:00 PM
Oct 2020

Kornacki isn't "a hack."

Kornacki never makes predictions, he just presents data and talks about possible outcomes.

lamp_shade

(15,307 posts)
6. I usually switch stations when he goes to his board. However, I WILL watch him on election night.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:18 PM
Oct 2020

He's very good then. He knows his stuff.

PatSeg

(51,358 posts)
14. Yes, he's good at what he does
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:37 PM
Oct 2020

It is just his hyper presentation is difficult to watch.

Stand and Fight

(7,504 posts)
3. What? Since when is Kornacki a hack?
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:05 PM
Oct 2020

Poli-Sci major here and Kornacki is definitely not a hack. Makes me consider everything else you say in your post as highly suspect. Just ewww... Kornacki is not a hack. Period.

renate

(13,776 posts)
12. I love him
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:36 PM
Oct 2020

He's so enthusiastic... it's a pleasure to watch somebody really digging whatever it is they do.

And he really knows his stuff. I feel sad every time I see him get criticized here for being an energizer bunny or whatever; he's got a lot to say and a limited time to say it in, so how else could he be?

nolabear

(43,836 posts)
23. I agree. I like his energy and expertise.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:42 PM
Oct 2020

He knows the numbers and I don’t need to be reassured constantly. I want truth.

Tom Rivers

(459 posts)
4. To the commenters ahead of me
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:10 PM
Oct 2020

Kornacki is bad. Sorry, he just is. Always gets excited talking up Trump's "inside straight". Friends with the horrible Hugh Hewitt. And no I don't follow the pollster guys who paint a rosy picture for us either, not after 2016.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. I personally do not care for Kornacki and therefore ...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:12 PM
Oct 2020

refuse to watch him. That said, I think Biden/Harris will win bigly.

Wanderlust988

(688 posts)
8. I like Enten way more than Kornacki
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:22 PM
Oct 2020

Kornacki flails too much and he talks too much. He says too many words to make a small point. He goes on and on and on and I can't figure out what the hell he's talking about it. Enten is much more precise and straight to the point.

Beaverhausen

(24,671 posts)
13. Pretty sure we won't be sure of the outcome for a lot longer than 8 days
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:37 PM
Oct 2020

I'd say two more weeks at least. Ugh.

(Also, I hope I'm wrong and it's obvious on election night that Biden sweeps it)

bucolic_frolic

(53,021 posts)
15. Outside interference faces a small playing field because so many votes are already cast
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:24 PM
Oct 2020

and undecideds are a small percent. It's all about turnout from here on.

Lonestarblue

(13,060 posts)
19. With the number of people voting in person, we may have a result on election night.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:32 PM
Oct 2020

If the margin of votes for Biden outnumbers the total number of uncounted mail ballots, then the election can be called even though those ballots haven’t yet been counted. As they’re counted, Biden’s lead would simply increase. It’s those states that can’t start counting until election day that will be the cliffhangers.

Hip2bSquare

(291 posts)
20. If he's saying Biden is going to win Florida..
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:33 PM
Oct 2020

then he's pretty much calling it. I'm still scared to death. I'm doubtful on the Florida prediction being how corrupt that state government is, but if Biden wins Florida, Biden wins the election.

One week, may the storm clouds lift!

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
21. Do NOT stop GOTV & campaigning until we are past the finish line!
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:37 PM
Oct 2020

Run, vote, campaign & GOTV like your life depends on it, because it does.
🇺🇸 🗳

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
24. Just vote.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:47 PM
Oct 2020

And, make sure you help as many others as you can vote.

Get everyone to the polls, vote early, vote absentee, vote by mail.

Just vote.

Roy Rolling

(7,338 posts)
25. I was thinking...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:52 PM
Oct 2020

I want someone a little slower with election returns. Not. When it’s election night, someone like Kornacki gives the full picture.

It’s a bit much, less is not more on election night.

 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
26. Yawn...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:58 PM
Oct 2020

Name an analysis by Kornakii that you don’t like.

And not something as vague as “he’s in the tank for Trump”

George II

(67,782 posts)
27. I don't think he's in the tank for trump, in fact I don't think anyone on either MSNBC or CNN....
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 08:50 PM
Oct 2020

....favor trump (other than their sit-ins like Santorum, Urban, Cortes, etc.)

But as far as Kornacki is concerned, as someone else pointed out, he goes on and on with barely any substance, his gyrations are annoying and he never actually brings anything new to the table. I can go to RealClearPolitics or 538 and get more out of them than from him.

Plus, I don't like the way he got where he is today - he did so basically by plagiarizing the work of others during the George Washington Bridge scandal. He became the MSNBC "man on the ground" and expert even though he didn't interview a single person, he just read others' news accounts. That was when he earned the "hack" moniker in my eyes.

He is of very little substance in my eyes.

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