Not a 2008 thread -- Hillary vs. McCain vs. Hillary CNN poll

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I found this little tidbit mentioned on electoral-vote.com pretty amusing:

CNN just released a poll which showed that Hillary Rodham Clinton beats John McCain 51% to 44%, but John McCain beats Hillary Clinton 48% to 47%. The point is not the score--totally meaningless two years in advance--but it illustrates my perpetual point that the exact wording of the question matters hugely. Throwing in Hillary's maiden name wins her 8 percentage points. Supposed they asked about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton vs. Sen. John McCain or New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton vs. Arizona Sen. John McCain, or New York's junior senator Hillary Rodham Clinton vs. Arizona's senior senator John McCain?. The results might be radically different.

Link to the original CNN article.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/20/poll.08/index.html

...so basically polls cannot be trusted -- about the only thing you can trust is tracking from one identical poll to the next. No excuses folks -- no matter how good it looks near you, GOTV! push push push!