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To: tejek who wrote (528051)	11/11/2009 4:46:05 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575947

>> I thought you didn't believe in polls. You must have misspoken....repeatedly....in the past. Of course I "believe" in polls; without them, you'd have no idea what public sentiment is. You just don't want a president who uses them to establish or modify policy (particularly, where wars are concerned, but generally, as well). Which is what I've maintained forever. Anything beyond that you made up. My biggest problem with Clinton was that he couldn't take a leak without first taking a poll. That's not what you elect presidents for. I think it is fine for a president to use polls to know what public sentiment is as long as he can overcome the political pressure it generates. This, for example, is what allowed GWB to win the Iraq War even while Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and other liberals had declared it lost.