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The real game begins in March. The current polls are nothing more than an attempt to "shape the battlefield" in military parlance.

I put no faith in media polling, I don't care what label it'd done under. Media poll are not about truth. They're about audience acquisition and retention. Truth is relative in that pursuit. Or not a factor at all. Achieving the desired objective is the only consideration.

There are only 2 polls that I give any credence to. George Washington University's Battleground poll, run by GOP'er Ed Goeas of The Terrance Group and Celinda Lake of the liberal Lake Research Partners is one. They cross check each other's methodology and questioning before they launch the poll. The IBD/TIPP poll is the other. The TechnoMetrica Institute for Policy and Politics(TIPP) is a market research firm that sell their market projections to industry so they have to get it right. I"m not sure when these two crank up their polling but it will probably be after the primaries. They're probably doing what I'm doing; viewing the current polling as so much background noise.

I wonder who Ed Goeas likes for President. I know of the guy have seen him on tv many times. I looked at some of his tweets, not saying I found anything, but something about his 6 year old son supposedly saying Trump is allergic to saying he is sorry Ed Goeas ‏@edgoeas Aug 9 At dinner when Trump's name came up. Bennett, our six year old suddenly jumped in saying, "I heard Trump's allergic to saying he's sorry!" Looks like he is a big Scott Walker guy, he polls for a number of Reps, so does he owe them something? Am guessing he is not contracted by Ted Cruz either. I would bet heavily that Ed Goeas is establishment There is a so called Rep with the NBC/WSJ poll for years, not a big fan of his either, his name slips my mind works with the Heart guy. JMHO thanks for sharing