In response to Darrell Bricker's comment below, who apparently considers blogs "wank-fests," I will take his word that I misinterpreted his comment that Mike Harris had a hidden agenda. Regarding polls, one would only expect Mr Bricker to defend them, he being someone who makes his living off them at Ipsos-Reid. To be clear, I don't think political parties should ignore polls. Focus-testing policies and what sells with voters is important. What I don't think are useful are the day-by-day tracking of voting intentions, and the media's ridiculous obsession with them. Such polls are of no use to the general public and allow the media to constantly focus on the "horse race" story instead of substantive policy debate.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 2:30 PM
