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Betty Castor holds a slim lead ahead of Republican Mel Martinez, a new Florida Zogby Poll shows.

The polls show Tom Daschle and challenger John Thune,each with a lead of a few points, meaning the race is statistically tied. A recent Zogby poll has Mr. Thune up by three percentage points, 49 percent to 46 percent. A Mason-Dixon , but O'Reilly already predicted Daschle the loser anyway! His non-endorsement reminds me of a backdoor draft!

Most political observers know to stop reading when they see the phrase, “According to a poll from Zogby Interactive…” and yet, yesterday, I couldn’t believe the commotion caused by a poll that obviously didn’t make any sense.

About 24 hours ago, two polls came out -- a Zogby Interactive poll (with questionable methodology) showing Hillary Clinton struggling against the top GOP candidates, and a Gallup poll (with more reliable methodology) showing the opposite. Guess which one got too much attention?

While the Zogby poll was mentioned by multiple reporters and pundits, the only mentions the Gallup poll got on TV were from Hillary advisers who had to bring it up themselves on the air in order to inject it into the conversation.

Of course, every political reporter, editor, and producer in the country knew that Zogby Interactive results were unreliable, but they trumpeted the results anyway.

Wouldn’t responsible journalism require news outlets to a) note why professional pollsters discount Zogby Interactive data; and b) also highlight the Gallup numbers with equal enthusiasm?

If anyone still doesn't believe that John Murtha was speaking for the troops, there's this:

"Seventy-two percent of troops on the ground in Iraq think U.S. military forces should get out of the country within a year, according to a Zogby poll released Tuesday....read on"

Since I'm in the mood to talk about the Washington Post today, remember this little item when the prospect of doing an impeachment poll angered Richard Morin so much:

December 20, 2005:Naperville, Ill.:Why haven't you polled on public support for the impeachment of George W. Bush?

Richard Morin: This question makes me mad..

Even though they were at the forefront of polling President Clinton just days after the first revelations of Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Can Deborah Howell tell us now how they feel about doing it since this new Zogby poll showed 52 percent of American adults thought Congress should consider impeaching Bush if he wiretapped U.S. citizens without court approval. I know back on November 13, 2005:

Debbie Howell said: "First, there was a swarm to me and to Post Polling Editor Richard Morin asking that The Post do a poll on whether President Bush should be impeached. Whoa. Since we get mail all the time saying that we are biased against Bush or are in his back pocket, why would The Post want to do that?"

I guess because it seems like a good idea. I'd be curious to see the outcome since wiretapping is such a hot button topic right now.

Today's Wall Street Journal Zogby Poll shows Ohio Iraq War Veteran Paul Hackett, Democrat, winning 44.2% to defeat sitting Senator Mike DeWine who garners only 35.9% of the vote. This most recent poll shows Hackett with a 8.3% lead, up from the 5.2% lead he had only last month.

I'd like to say that my interview with Paul Hackett catapulted him into the lead.

(Hackett-tag)

If anybody catches something clip worthy please let me know.

Also, AmericaBlog has the latest Zogby Poll on Bush. It ain't lookin' too good.