Shakespeare may have hated lawyers, but there was not much polling going on by the monarchy at the time. I think he might have thought otherwise if there had been pollsters then.
I have to admit I have hired pollsters and even repeated their findings. I apologize.
After seeing Bill Whalen’s piece on new poll numbers here and last weeks here.
Then reading FlashReports exclusive interview with Arnie Steinberg here as well as LA Times, PPIC, Field , Survey USA polls and the elusive CRP/Arnold Internal polling, I have concluded they should all go. Most will have been shown to be wrong by some degree today.
Also, the real focus on polls leaves public policy behind and focuses discussion on the numbers . Our ideas are right regardless of the polling. But, if all we talk about is polling no one hears our ideas. A brilliant strategy on the part of the liberal media. They prevent us from debating ideas and then demoralize us with poll numbers.
Sorry FR contributer Adam Probolsky, it is time to Kill All the pollsters and return sanity to this process.
Well, Kill all of them, except the ones that get right today. There is an election next year after all.
In case you wondered how I voted, please see Matt Cunnigham’s piece here. I’m clearly following his lead.