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Friday Poll: March Madness Edition

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Marquette’s in the West, Wisconsin’s in the East, but who’ll have a better NCAA tournament? One might be fans of both, but this question’s just asking for a prediction. What do you think? NCAA Tournament: Marquette or Wisconsin?

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Friday Poll: Should the robin remain the Wisconsin state bird?

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A simple question, suitable for the weeks before spring, when robins are talked up as a happy sign of milder weather: should the robin remain the Wisconsin state bird? I would never do anything to bias the results of this poll. I’ll simply offer a photo of an ordinary-looking, two-bit robin, followed by a photo…

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Friday Poll: Who’s smarter – chimps or dolphins?

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Who’s smarter: chimps or dolphins? A story about dolphin communication, Dolphin Call Offers Introduction, Invitation to Play, Study of Bottlenose Greeting Ritual Shows, prompted this poll. Dolphins and chimps are intelligent, but of the two, which animal do you think is sharper?

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Ryan Braun wins appeal of positive drug test

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Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun became the first major-league player to have a positive drug test overturned when he was informed Thursday that an arbitration panel ruled in his favor on appeal and decided against a 50-game suspension for the reigning National League most valuable player. Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Congratulations, sharp readers — you…

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Friday Poll: Will Ryan Braun be Exonerated?

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Tom Haudricourt at the JS reported on the latest a few days ago — Panel chairman Shyam Das was given more time to deliver the three-person verdict as to whether Braun must serve a 50-game suspension to begin the 2012 season. The decision is expected to be announced before the NL MVP is required to…

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On Marquette’s January Political Poll

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I’ve posted before about a new poll, from pollster Charles Franklin, now visiting at Marquette (from UW-Madison). Link to poll: Walker and Obama have single digit leads in Marquette Law School Poll and results & data (instrument, methodology, and full topline results). Franklin’s a serious pollster and political scientist, and he’s one of the founders…

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Marquette Political Poll: Walker, Obama up slightly in Wisconsin

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The first of Charles Franklin’s polls while visiting at Marquette is now available online : Walker and Obama have single digit leads in Marquette Law School Poll. I’ll review the poll tonight, and post more tomorrow. The results are — at first glance — more disparate (and almost conflicting) than one might have expected, but…

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Poll: Patriots or Ravens?

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I’ll leave aside the NFC for a bit, and ask an AFC question: Patriots or Ravens? The question’s intentionally ambiguous — one can answer for either the team one prefers, or the team one expects to win, should that require a different answer. Patriots or Ravens?