Nate Silver @NateSilver538
No it's not. General election polls mean next to nothing this far out anyway. And if we don't know what the polls actually said & instead just get some vague characterization of them, readers lack the basic Journalism 101 information to put the story into any meaningful context. — PolitiTweet.org
Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait
@NateSilver538 The fact that the president was briefed on internal polling, and this briefing shaped his reaction, is quite newsworthy.
