Administration poll hypocrisy

On one hand, we don't pay any attention to polls. On the other hand, you pay too much attention to polls. In TRUTH, we COMMISSION those polls to watch them carefully. But then, it's just that little matter of lying AGAIN. HuffPo:

Too busy to look at polls? Perhaps. But not too poor to pay for them. While Gibbs routinely chides members of the press for obsessing about the day-to-day temperamental swings of the American public, behind the scenes the White House has poured plenty of money into conducting its own public opinion polls. Through June 9, 2010, the administration, via the Democratic National Committee, has spent at least $4.45 million on the services of seven different pollsters, according to records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. (The Huffington Post looked into only those expenditures that totaled more than $5,000.)

And more good news over at Powerline:

A newly released Fox News poll of registered voters shows the Republicans ahead in the generic ballot by 11%. Bill Otis, who brought this poll to my attention, says that if it accurately reflects how people will vote in November, "Republicans will take the Senate as well as the House; indeed, we will have our biggest House majority since 1946."

JOHN adds: If you're in the mood for more good news, check out this analysis of Pew data indicating that voters are much closer to Republican than Democrat positions these days.