Bush surges in South, flat in Midwest, according to R internals?

[The Vorlon]

FWIW, on CNN tonight after the Bush speech, a Wall Street Journal reporter stated that the Republicans' internal polling this week has shown a Bush surge in the south, but no real gains in the midwest battlegrounds.  

No reporter would ever get within 200 miles of the internal polls.

Also, the GOP is not polling "the south" they are running tracking polls in 18 states and Texas and Oklahoma are not on the list.

The last 3 polls (PEW, Gallup & Strategic Vision) all had Bush +1 in Pennsylvania.

Media spin.

[The Vorlon]

FWIW, on CNN tonight after the Bush speech, a Wall Street Journal reporter stated that the Republicans' internal polling this week has shown a Bush surge in the south, but no real gains in the midwest battlegrounds.  

No reporter would ever get within 200 miles of the internal polls.

Really?  Not even guys like David Broder, Charlie Cook or Ron Faucheux?

There are maybe 10 people in the entire campaign who would see the internal polling.

The basic premise of the story is wrong.

They are NOT polling Alabama - why bother?

The Bush campaign has not done a National poll in 3 years.