Rich:
…Derb uses the Zogby poll as his all purpose rejoinder: If 72% of our troops in the field think it is lost than who are you to argue? But the poll is a joke, sponsored by an undisclosed rich anti-war activist and run in conjunction with a liberal policy group. Zogby (who is Arab American and a strong Bush critic) refuses to release his methodology or even the demographics of the sample. Indeed, with this level of disclosure, one could argue that Zogby just typed up the results based upon what the client payed them to find. Please see this.
That Derb would grab such ridiculous data from such tainted sources to further his arguments hurts the Corner. He should be spanked. The notion that 72% of our troops in the field want to give up is ludicrous on its face as hundreds of visitors to the ‘front’ will tell you.

ME: 1) I’m not going to do the spanking. 2) I don’t know one way or another about that poll, but the controversy is worth noting. 3) The poll certainly doesn’t jibe with what I’ve heard from troops, but I haven’t been over there and my sample might be self-selecting.