If you don't like the polls, claim they're biased

Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen are Democrat pollsters and men of integrity, as evidenced by their frequent appearances in the media and their attempts to voice their view of what is going on in Washington. (Yes, we can still agree to disagree in some circles.) Here they comment on the White House and DNC's attempts to silence polling with which they disagree by disparaging their accuracy and claiming Rasmussen's polling is an arm of the RNC. Read it at the WSJ:

This is more than just inside baseball. As practicing political consultants, both of us have seen that the established parties try to stifle dissent among their political advisers and consultants. The parties go out of their way to try to determine in advance what questions will be asked and what answers will be obtained to reinforce existing party messages. The thing most feared is independence, which is what Mr. Rasmussen brings.

Mr. Gibbs's comments and the recent attempts by the Democratic left to muzzle Scott Rasmussen reflect a disturbing trend in our politics: a tendency to try to stifle legitimate feedback about political concerns—particularly if the feedback is negative to the incumbent administration.