From Politico: John Edward's pollster is put under oath and reveals how polls can be used for political leverage even for a candidate low in the polls.
When a pollster or strategist for a struggling political campaign
presents what seems like a sugar-coated view of his candidate's chances,
do you ever think: I wish I could give that adviser some truth serum,
or maybe put him under oath?
Well, truth serum may be pushing it, but the put-him-under-oath part
has actually happened. And when a pollster is required to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, under penalty of
perjury, what emerges is quite a bit different than what you hear in the
waning days of a presidential campaign.
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