BRACE YOURSELVES, IT WILL SOON BE OVER - AT 9:46 A.M. ET:  This week marks Obama's first hundred days in office.  We are bracing for the expected over-the-top worship from the mainstream media, especially MSNBC, to the extend that they can be called mainstream. 

We are also bracing for a flurry of polls announcing that the American people are deliriously in love with their new Maximum Leader, and are willing to go to the wall for him, or at least go to Cuba.  But be careful.  Poll results depend heavily on what is asked, how it's asked, and who is asked.  Reader Jon Dorbecker alerts us to this report, from NRO, on a recent poll claiming that Americans are lining up to support our own Great Leap Forward: 

From the AP this morning: "The percentage of Americans saying the country is headed in the right direction rose to 48 percent, up from 40 percent in February. Forty-four percent say the nation is on the wrong track."

Uh, just wait a minute:

UPDATE: A reader points out this detail in the story, which explains a great deal: "Of those who say the country is on the right track in the AP-GfK poll, 73 percent are Democrats, 17 percent are independents and 10 percent are Republicans."

ANOTHER UPDATE: Another reader points out the partisan breakdown in this poll: "On page 21 covers the party id for the polls sample. 36 D, 18 R, 26 Independents, 18 none. With the leaners it is 46 D 28 R."

Recall that exit polls for the 2008 election had the Democratic advantage in party ID at 7 percent. Not 18 percent.

COMMENT:  Details, details.  All these annoying details.  Why can't these conservatives just join the Long March? 

Because some people are interested in the truth.

Watch carefully how each poll is conducted.

April 27, 2009