Apparently Rasmussen Reports has been doing some polling by phone here in Wisconsin (obviously not shocking, given that it's an election year), and while some of the polling is pretty straightforward, asking about the possible matchups in the U.S. Senate race, and the possible matchups in the gubernatorial race, as well as asking opinions on health care reform and the Arizona anti-immigration law, some of the poll is downright strange. For instance, at one point during the poll, it asks, "could a group of people selected at random from the phone book do a better job addressing the nation's problems than the current Congress," giving the respondent the option of choosing yes or no as a response, and the followup question asks the respondent to indicate whether they agree or disagree with the statement that the "United States of America is the last, best hope of mankind."
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