A (sad) tale of two polls. Actually, of one poll.

[MADem]

45. I'll bet if you look around you can find a wingnut poll that says the opposite.

And you may even find one that says Warren is the spawn of Satan, too.

I do see what is happening with these posts about these polls--it's a bunch of pig wrestling, nothing more. It's divisive, it's stupid, it's a waste of everyone's time. About the only benefit is to the DU admins, as I said--Google will pay them because people fight on their site about absolutely nothing of import.

There won't be any post deleting, there won't be any "accord." There are people here who are motivated towards dissent and disruption, who don't want to speak in positive terms, who prefer to pull down and denigrate. It's easier than being positive, apparently. It's pointless, but it empowers those who get some odd satisfaction from this kind of stuff.

This is simply a new tactic, a new way to poopfling, using different tools. Instead of "gotcha," it's Let's Play With Polls--like they mean anything. They don't. Not now, certainly. The best polls are the ones we never see--the candidates' own internals--those get down in the weeds and reveal the deepest truths, warts and all.