Not only is Verily right, but it's mind-numbingly unnecessary. I only like question lead-ins on issues that are very technical. Offshore drilling is not. I don't really know what Scott's doing (and on his Florida poll, the question nearly sounded like a push poll)
I donīt think itīs a push poll: The first question is about Bush's approval rating, the second about the Presidential match-up and then the other questions about off-shore drilling. Itīs not likely that after a person chose Obama in the presidential race and then heard that McCain favors oil drilling, so that he can change his mind to favor McCain in the presidential race. I donīt think Rasmussen would allow this. The situation would be different though, if the questions were asked prior to the Presidential race and the question order would be different in his online release ...
It wasn't a push on the presidential race, I know. However, on the Florida poll, he asked this question
and identified which candidate supports what. It was as close as you can come to a partisan push poll on that issue as you can get (without saying "McCain supports low oil prices and Obama doesn't") without risking professional ethics.
