Delaware Liberal

Saturday Open Thread [10.22.11]

The DCCC outraised the RNCC 2 to 1. The DCCC pulled in $6.64 million, while the NRCC brought in just $3.8 million.

Rasmussen is a Republican poll, so I normally discount it. But it is relevant when polling only Republicans, because, you figure a Republican poll will know how to poll Republicans. Well, Rasmussen polled Iowa Republicans and found Cain 28%, Romney 21% and Paul 10%. Of the committed party activists who are certain to vote: Cain 30%, Romney 22%. But this was all before Cain announced he was pro-choice, so we will see if that changes.

Self driving cars are here:

Thrun and his Google colleagues, including co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are convinced that smarter vehicles could help make transportation safer and more efficient: Cars would drive closer to each other, making better use of the 80 percent to 90 percent of empty space on roads, and also form speedy convoys on freeways. They would react faster than humans to avoid accidents, potentially saving thousands of lives. Making vehicles smarter will require lots of computing power and data, and that’s why it makes sense for Google to back the project, Thrun said in his keynote

A new AP-GfK poll finds that President Obama leads all potential challengers: Obama 48, Romney 45; Obama 49, Cain 43; and Obama 51 Perry 42. Romney leads Cain in the primary 30% to 26%.

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