More often than not news organizations use polls to manufacture stories, particularly when the polls seem to confirm the cognoscenti’s predisposition. Two recent Rasmussen polls are running against the tide of elite media opinion on the issue of government spending. One poll “>efficacy (or lack of) of the Stimulus Legislation:
Forty-five percent (45%) of Americans say the rest of the new government spending authorized in the $787-billion economic stimulus plan should now be canceled. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 36% disagree and 20% are not sure.
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