I am a big fan of the Sunday morning news shows—the ones where reporters and journalists sit around commenting on the past week's worth of political news. Occasionally, the host will kick things off with interviews with the hottest politician to get fodder for the show.

These shows have evolved over the years, expanding significantly online. Now anyone with an Internet connection can become a pundit in the blogosphere. As a result, no matter what your position on any issue, you can find many compatriots who feel the same way as you, giving greater weight to that particular opinion than would normally be the case.

You hear a lot about how politicians determine their positions on different issues based upon what the polls say. What I don't understand is, why? Polls have so many variables, from the specific questions asked and how they are asked to who's doing the asking and who's been chosen to answer the questions.

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