It's Getting Hot In Here: There Must Not Be a President on the Ballot - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets

So how has every presidential election year for the past two decades been cooler than the years immediately preceding and following them?

“I’m not aware of any science that has addressed that,” Arndt said, adding that it’s “a little weird” to see a downward dip every presidential election year, like clockwork.

[Note that the article above uses a bogus polar bear photo]: New bear species discovered: Ursus Bogus | Watts Up With That?

I had been avoiding this photo issue, because well, the whole thing is stupid no matter how you look at it and it’s been been heavily covered elsewhere. But when Tim Blair coined the clever headline “Ursus Bogus“, in the Daily Telegraph, I knew I had to pass it on to American readers.