[Always Right]

Wouldn’t the poll make more sense to do after the report is released?

[rightinthemiddle]

Doesn’t matter to the MSM!

[nonsporting]

Wouldn’t the poll make more sense to do after the report is released?

Not if you are trying to engineer an outcome (i.e. a negative assessment of [any] progress in Iraq.)

[afortiori]

This is classic Boston Globe playbook:

Publish a poll one news cycle before a story will break in an attempt to shift perception and opinion.

In the past it’s been state sale taxes on service, gay marriage or some other pet liberal cause.