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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Obama PAI now at -12
	Date:	8/24/2009 9:34:08 PM

Polls are not statistics but I would agree they can be manipulated and regularly are. As for Rasmussen Hound, his polls are actually very well respected and he was the closest to predicting the election for Obama in November. So sorry, it is not a right wing poll.

As for Archie, I don't disagree with your analysis of other polls. However, what sets Rasmussen apart is he claims to only poll likely voters. You will have to peruse his website to see what you think of his methodology but he has been very accurate.

My point with the PAI, which is just one indicator, is that Obama's ratings are dropping like a rock. I seem to remember you really liking this particular poll back in the winter when it was favorable for Obama. But just for emphasis, Gallup's poll has Obama's approval below 50% for the first time.

I will grant that picking polls is open to cherry picking but the fact is, and unless you want to completely destroy your credibility, you will admit that in all the polls Obama is dropping and has been since the stimulus package/auto takeover/Obamacare. Recent Gallup said more people ID themselves as Republican than Dems in every single state. But I suppose Gallup is a right wing poll also.

He is droppig and I will continue to use the PAI as my preferred index. It shows what conservatives understood from the beginning and what many independents and moderates that are not overwhelmed by pride are beginning to realize, that Obama is not who he said he was in the election. I hope he shows more ambition than ideology but I am beginning to think it is the latter.....