Polls are useless.. they ask some generic question "Do you approve of Mr Bush's handling of Iraq?" and then if you say No this is turned into being anti-Bush or anti-republican.
Anyone who has an issue with the details of the execution of Iraq Policy can say no to that question, while not having a huge gripe with the overarching policy itself.
Polls are what lazy mainstream media do to generate news stories.. the fact POLLS are news stories in and of themselves shows you how irrellevant most of the MSM is.
Exactly. And this is true on many other political issues as well. This is why professionals put very little stock in the "right track/wrong track" questions. They don't tell you why the voter is unhappy. It simply isn't true that an unhappy voter will vote against the incumbent or his party. Maybe he is unhappy because the other party is being obstructionist and getting away with it. A GOPer who thinks that his party is not conservative enough is not going to vote liberal Democrat.