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To: i-node who wrote (663370)	7/22/2012 12:46:29 AM
From: Win Smith	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578161

I'm sorry, in the reality based community you don't get to make up experiments and claim it doesn't matter that the experiment didn't actually take place because the results you made up "makes sense". Of course, that hardly matters, since you seem to have completely missed the point of the original made-up experiment email story anyway. What, exactly, do you think "the point" referred to in your quote is?

To: i-node who wrote (663370)	7/22/2012 11:55:34 AM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578161

The Scariest Chart for the Romney Campaign on Bain Attacks By David A. Graham Jul 16 2012, 10:31 AM ET 78 Searches for the firm on Google are shooting up -- especially in crucial swing states. Screenshot Although there's some polling evidence and Mitt Romney's allies are getting worried, it's a little early to tell how effective President Obama's attacks on the Republican nominee's time at Bain Capital will be -- or how much that will affect the ultimate result of the campaign. But we can say with some confidence that the attacks are getting Americans' attention. Via Politico's Alex Burns, here's a chart that shows that Google searches for "Bain Capital" have increased exponentially since late last week, when reports about Romney's confusing involvement -- or non-involvement --with the firm from 1999 to 2002 started to surface. The numbers along the y-axis are Google's search volume index, basically an arbitrary number that measures recent searches relative to past ones. It's the rapid growth that should be scary for the Romney campaign -- it means that voters are taking notice of the controversy, and makes it harder to change the subject to something less favorable to Obama. The list of locations with the greatest interest has some red flags, too: Massachusetts, United States Virginia, United States District of Columbia, United States Ohio, United States Pennsylvania, United States Florida, United States New York, United States North Carolina, United States Washington, United States Arizona, United States Of those 10, six are swing states. theatlantic.com