Public opinion polls consistently show a high level of American (and, yes, American Jewish) support for and identification with Israel.
"This means something very deep and very fundamental is broken, and it's a crisis much deeper than yes or no support for Mr. Barak.
Blair Jenkins of Yes Scotland said the 49% support for yes was the highest ever by ICM.
Over 85% of patients answered "yes" (either "definitely yes" or "probably yes") when asked about their support for using computers to prompt their doctor to either do health screening tests (92.2%), do health behavior counseling (92.2%) or change patients' medical treatments if necessary (85.5%).
Opinion polls continue to show that a formal sterling union is the most popular option amongst Scotland's voters, and those of the UK; recent opinion polls also show a small lift in support for yes and a tightening in the gap between yes and no.
I emailed a dozen yes-supporting friends and asked for a snap response to the question "Where are we at?" Their replies make up this "poem".
A poll by Ipsos Mori released at the beginning of Tuesday night's debate reported the company's highest support for yes yet, at 42%.
Those Ipsos Mori surveys, which included conventional opinion polling, focus groups, and qualitative attitudinal research into how voters behaved, had tracked the rising support for yes since chancellor George Osborne's currency zone veto in early 2014.
Ipsos Mori executives had also briefed Whitehall that the last Quebec independence referendum suggested that polling figures could exaggerate support for yes – Ipsos Mori staff in Canada had advised their UK colleagues to assume that on polling day, undecided voters would break two to one for no; that had been the experience in Quebec, where the polls had over-estimated the pro-independence vote.
Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp, publisher of the Sunday Times and the Sun and a growing advocate of devolution, claimed on Twitter that Salmond's private polls showed 54%-46 54%-46rt for yes and predicted a desperate last 10 days as the establishment fought to save the union.
