We did two recent telephone polls on the Florida Senate race, the first for the Florida Association of Health Plans in mid-September and the second ending on Sept. 29 for WFTS-ABC in Tampa.
Lot of them around at the moment like that Saudi Cabinet minister who coincidentally stayed in the same hotel on the night of Sept. 10 as some of the September 11 terrorists.
"You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger" (Sept. 23): It should still be summerish in September and I am huge Woody Allen fan ... so I had to include this one.
They rose 6.6 percent in September, are up 13 percent in the last three months, 61 percent as of the end of Sept and up 78 percent in the 12 months ending Sept. 30.
We think recent developments are consistent with a low recession probability, say 20% through September 2008 as discussed in "Extra Rate Cut A Big Deal, Not A Band-Aid" on Sept. 19.