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You know, the Clintons sort of created a monster by polling and taking focus group analysis and etc. Maybe we on the Right should avoid attributing such great power and influence to the pollsters...?

I agree with you there. But if we are going to attribute anything to pollsters, (and if this thread is any indication, we have or do) then it should at least be done in an objective manner. What does it help our side to dismiss facts which we find inconvenient?

We can't ignore it. We have to recognize our weaknesses and figure out how to fix them. The goal is to get Bush elected. If it means making adjustments in appearances or speeches, our side needs to know it.

Here is the "but": polls are as subjective as the people who take them, or conduct them and compile the results, and Zogby is no exception. He is not necessarily right--yet he gets a lot of publicity. I blame Rush for this, as he gave the guy a ton of publicity in 1996 for being right about Clinton (like the rest of us did not know he'd win-duh). Zogby's no better at it than anyone else, so we have to consider that also.

Harris has a different take on things:

The Harris Poll® #78, October 20, 2004

Bush Leads by Eight Points – or Two – Depending on Definition of Likely Voters Race appears tighter in swing states

With only two weeks to go before the election, a new Harris Poll finds President George W. Bush leading Senator John Kerry, but the size of the lead depends on how we define likely voters.

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=507