Here is the problem with the polls, which I think are bogus. The ability to trumpet those polls gives the democrats a talking point with which they can convince the mushy undecideds about where to place their support. This is also known as the lemming response. Without a counter to the poll talk, we are letting the democrats spout off like they have some sort of invisible majority (which they don't).
I want the media to cover the troops and the success of the war. They won't do it as long as they can put on a few mush-mouth senators who are cowed by the polls and have an ax to grind with the President.
I want the President to get the credit for his efforts NOW, not when they are watching the caisson roll down Pennsylvania Avenue 30 years from now. With all that he has dealt with over the last 5 years, I believe he is entitled to some public praise, and unless we figure out how to get the press to let up, we aren't going to see it.
No one is saying we have to believe the Rats. Most of us don't really believe the polls. We are concerned about the people who DO believe them, because all they see are a few TV stories.