CBS Poll On Bush: Faulty

You're going to be hearing and reading about George Bush's declining popularity thanks to a new CBS poll that's just come out.

Balderdash! Here's the poll's makeup:

Total Republicans.........390

Total Democrats............394

Total Independents......366

As Capt. Ed says in breaking this story,

The CBS weighting puts Republicans on the same footing as independents, an unusual and unrealistic model for any polling sample.

It's not the first time that CBS skewed its polling samples to get the desired results, as CQ readers already know. It's interesting to note that even when they can't skew it badly enough to substantiate its editorial positions, CBS will simply mischaracterize its own poll in its reporting.