Mickey Kaus...

Ok, so Mickey Kaus is obsessed with cocooning pollsters. He goes on to quote M. Blumenthal's

• I have admired MoveOn's efforts, but I have to ask, is it now so flush with cash that it can afford to buy a full page ad in the New York Times a few weeks before "the most important election of our lifetimes" attacking a polling company? Do swing or less-than-likely voters really care? Wouldn't it be better to spend that money, say, making a case against George Bush or just turning out the vote?

Perhaps Gallup is correct and thier polls do NOT suffer from right-wing conspirators. HOWEVER, Dems must openly fight even the appearance of misconduct from agencies like Gallup that influence millions. MoveOn is not being childish--they are fighting. They are NOT playing the same old 'I'm above that argument' game that leaves a lot of good Dems crying the day after elections. MoveOn is correct to call pollsters--even on appearing partisan--because the public doesn't realize how partisan so many of them are.