I Hate the Smell of Polling in the Morning

Clayton Cramer has a great blog that is on my weekly list. A friend got a Zogby poll and showed him the questions:

If you knew Barack Obama supported a plan to place a 75% excise tax on the sale of firearms - where a $500 rifle would now cost $875 with tax, would that have made you...

More likely to vote for Obama
Less likely to vote for Obama
No difference
Not sure

If you knew about Barack Obama's support for a tax plan that would increase the percentage of people who pay no taxes from 32% to 44%, would that have made you...

More likely to vote for Obama
Less likely to vote for Obama
No difference
Not sure

Do you agree or disagree that an increase in taxes on wealthy Americans and businesses will further hurt an already shaky economy, or do you think it will make no difference?

Agree
Disagree
No difference
Not sure

I agree completely that the tenor of the poll is dependant upon who commissioned it. Whom that was is cloudy. These are only samples. Go read.