Polls, Shmolls

A reader asks:

Are you as concerned as I am about Bush's poll numbers? Seems like he should be getting a big bounce from Reagan's funeral and his eulogy, etc. Where are all the people who loved Reagan in our present society?

As you may have noticed, Faithful Reader, the attention I pay to polls is next to none. I think that most polls are tools of partisans of all stripes — and not much more than that. And the idea that polls taken in June have any real connection with what voters are going to do in November's election — the only polling that counts — strikes me as a combination of silly & stupid.

Through the summer of 1988, Dukakis was drubbing Bush in the polls. I hope Dukakis gets some small consolation from that.

Ha.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 06/15/04 07:32:26 AM
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