Why poll numbers are meaningless at this point

[qwerty]

Ron Paul is at 6% in the national polls right now...and that is just fine, because in mid-December 2003, CBS News had the Democratic candidates polling like so:

Dean 23%
Clark 10%
Lieberman 10%
Gephardt 6%
Sharpton 5%
Kerry 4%
Edwards 2%
Moseley-Braun 1%

Remember those days? Mickey Kaus was saying Kerry should drop out...but instead, beginning less than 4 weeks after this poll, he won 45 primaries and rolled to the nomination.

How did the "top-tier" in this poll do? Dean won Vermont and DC, Clark won Oklahoma, and Lieberman didn't win squat.

So keep doing what you're doing, and remember: the polls truly, truly, truly don't mean jack until a week or two before the first caucus. 80% of people aren't even paying attention



http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/17/opinion/polls/main589167.shtml

[Elrathin]

While I don't think Ron Paul stands a chance, it is obvious that the media is trying to bury him. And for the record, we are talking about the media for Dems and Republicans because the Republican media has been doing a well job of burying Ron Paul, that is obvious.