Cloud Burst
by digby
538 did something very interesting and useful using some new technology. Check this out:
Gallup did something pretty cool in connection with their latest health care survey, which was to provide the verbatim responses (.xls) of the rationales given by people who would tell their Congressman to vote for or against the current health care bills, respectively.
I ran the responses through Wordle, a word-cloud generating tool, omitting certain words that were parts of speech or were otherwise nongermane.
Guess which ones of the following were for and against:
People Need Insurance vs Government Cost[s]People.
Need vs Cost.
Pay vs Afford
This illuminates the difference not only between those for and against health care reform, but the reasons why the country is so polarized.
h/t to bb
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