WaPo: Warner's High Hopes Meet Low Rating In NH

There's a headline that upsets me. The basis of this headline is a garbage "presidential preference" survey taken recently:

A lot has changed for Mark R. Warner since he left behind the Virginia governorship and his 80 percent approval ratings to begin mulling a presidential campaign.

But perhaps nothing more than this: At just 3 percent in a recent poll asking Democrats nationwide to rate their presidential preference, Warner has become an unknown overnight.

Are you kidding me? No responsible journalist would put any stock in such a poll. Over 2 1/2 years out from the '08 election, and this guy's citing a presidential preference poll? Ridiculous.

What about the gross amounts of money that Warner has raised in recent months? What about the fact that he is "unemployed" and can concentrate on real campaigning (i.e. meet and greets, small settings where he can talk to people). That's how early campaigning in NH is done.

I'm not including a link to the story because its not worth your time. It' awful. Don't bother.