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To: Sully- who wrote (54745)	2/5/2007 7:54:00 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 90947

Rasmussen: 40% Newsweek: 30% Time: 37% CNN: 34% CBS News: 28% NBC/Wall St Journal: 35% OK, that's 34.0%, which is about where RCP shows it, but look at the 12-point range between polls in that same period. Folks, that's not very much of a consensus, especially when you have to add in the 3.5 +/- point margin of error. If these polls can claim to be accurate, there's really a nineteen-point range of variance in poll positions. There's a scientific term for that, but in plain English it means that at least some of these polls are worthless, absolutely not worth your trust. It really depends on the make up of the people who are being polled. Rasmussen and Time have tended to have more Republicans in their polling survey because they believe the percentage of Republicans in the country are higher than party registrations suggest. Rasmussen generally is the most conservative polling group and were the most off during this last election. Having said that, what is the point of your post? The truth is Bush's ratings are somewhere between 30-40%.....more likely in the low 30s. From where I come, those ain't ratings to brag about.