New Poll: The Showdown

First, the results of a recent poll, in which we asked whether we would see stories on railcar shortages for the North Dakota harvest:

• Yes, much worse due to the oil boom: 14%
• Yes, but no worse than previous years: 58%
• No: 27%

For the record, I did not post any stories on railcar shortages; no one sent me any stories on railcar shortages; and, I did not see any stories on railcar shortages so far this year.

Now, the new poll. On Wednesday, October 2, 2013, for the federal government:

• it will be business as usual
• non-essential government workers will be told to stay home