New poll, with a twist -- spin attached

A new poll from Atlanta-based Strategic Vision tells you what every other poll has: It is going to be a tight race for governor in 2006.

The latest poll shows Doyle with a slim 46-44 edge in favorable-unfavorable ratings, not much different from another poll released this week.

But this one comes with some spin attached.

Strategic Vision, a Republican firm, issued a news release saying Doyle is "highly vulnerable."

If that means this is going to be a real horse race, they're right. But that's not particularly new.

Doyle and Mark Green are in a near dead heat in a In head-to-head matchup, while Doyle beats Scott Walker 46-39.

So, yes, Doyle is vulnerable. The only candidates even more vulnerable are Scott Walker and Mark Green, who do worse than he does in every poll.

I don't know who pays Strategic Vision to keep polling in Wisconsin, but I know they are not doing it out of curiosity or as a charitable contribution. So when you read their "analysis," read it with the same skepticism you would read one from the Republican Party.

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Brian Christianson at Free Will characterizes it as Garbage in, garbage out.