A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.

To my friends, I’m kind of sexually gay but ethnically straight.

I think there's space in the market for a half-dozen kind of polling analysts.

You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a new type of financial instrument, for example, or a new type of situation - then the choices you're making are pretty arbitrary in a lot of respects.

Voters' memories will fade some.

A lot of the time nothing happens in a day.

I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.