[MortMan]

So you prefer web polls, which are unscientific?

“Scientific poll” has a meaning. It says that the poll is a gauge of opinion, and is not self-selecting (like the online polls that get “freeped”).

I’m sorry you don’t understand that, sometimes, words mean things.

However - “stunning” is simply hyperbole, here. The Obama administration prefers the term “unexpected”.

[mlocher]

“Scientific poll” has a meaning. It says that the poll is a gauge of opinion, and is not self-selecting (like the online polls that get “freeped”).

I took a fair amount of statistics in college. I understand the point you are making.

I’m sorry you don’t understand that, sometimes, words mean things.

I also once worked with marketing, advertising and sales people. I understand that "puffery" is an important part of their job.