Michael Kelly Mort Kondracke Ch.
Polls have in fact become an extension of public relations.
Lockheed's smart bomb was aimed directly at the White House, and it certainly hit its mark. The bottom line is that when it comes to commissioned polls, whoever pays the piper calls the tune. Paging Mr. Mellman. There are certain code words, red-button words that will generate certain results, even tiny little differences,'' says Matthew Robinson of the Claremont Institute. If you focus on spending on education, the environment, Social Security and defense, you're going to get the opposite results.