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Wouldn't you like to have details of these polls? Who exactly is being polled? I don't put too much stock in polls. They can/are worded to obtain the desired responses. There is not one Republican I know who has stopped supporting the President. I find it amazing when the media reports "the American people" believe ...
they don't have a clue as to what the average American believes. I suspect media reports are based on one media person talking to another.
I do agree that the President and his advisors could have made their case better and sooner.
Freeper Poll Denial Syndrome should have died on election night, 2006.
Any one poll is suspect. Look at any 10 polls that tell the same basic story, and the truth is in there somewhere.
I think by that standard, polls are useful.