Gerry Daly (Dales) at RedState.org takes issue with a CNN piece about a CNN piece regarding a Gallup poll measuring respondents ideological preferences for the next Supreme Court nominee.

From CNN:

On the question of the philosophy of Bush’s next nominee, respondents came down solidly on the side of someone who has moderate or liberal views — with 34 percent choosing “moderate” and 24 percent picking “liberal.”

From Gerry’s reaction:

The poll results do show 34% responding “moderate”, and 24% saying some flavor of “liberal.” However, it is more than a little bit deceptive to write it up in a manner that makes it sound as if the public displayed a preference for a liberal. 8% answered that they wanted the next nominee to be “very liberal”, while 14% said “very conservative.” 16% said they wanted a “somewhat liberal” nominee, while 23% said they wanted a “somewhat conservative” one. For both modifiers, the conservative side garnered more support than the liberal side.

Check out his post.