1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgJim Hightowerhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/jim-hightower/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fLSUxEGeJW"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/710-jim-hightower-gallup-hang-up/">Jim Hightower</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/710-jim-hightower-gallup-hang-up/embed/#?secret=fLSUxEGeJW" width="600" height="338" title="“Jim Hightower” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="fLSUxEGeJW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Boy, the American electorate must really be worn out! Pollsters tell us that voters have been darting hither, thither and yon in the presidential race, first dashing en masse to George W. Bush, then surging back toward Al Gore, then rushing to an in-between point–all within a few weeks. Are voters really this fluid and […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402