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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: TimF who wrote (2817)11/12/2007 7:44:23 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
relative frequency of cites of conservative or liberal think tanks isn't exactly a solid measure of how conservative or liberal a publican is.

Yes, that's mainly what I had in mind.

That's an oft used measure so it particularly irritates me. Its error is compounded by the underlying measure of which think tanks are liberal or conservative, not to mention the context in which the think tank is cited. Maybe, as you say it still "indicates something," but who knows what. I understand the impulse to use iffy indicators when nothing better is available but it behooves us not to fall for it.
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