Polls have little to do with what is being accomplished and have much to do with PR image.
The long view has to do with accomplishment. The poll is all about image. Some people are good at projecting a favorable image, some are not so good at it. But the image and substance are unrelated. Image depends on multiple factors but media coverage is the most significant.
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XYZ
Apr 13, 2007 02:48
Your many editorial words would be amusing to me if someone weren't bleeding and dying this very moment from the... [MORE]
Bill Davis
Apr 13, 2007 00:39
If the 38% of the people supporting the president would take a small action like they do with the support... [MORE]
Ed Schlueter
Apr 12, 2007 18:59
Among many other reasons I wouldn't do this-----troops are dying needlessly because of the president's misjudgements.
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