Polls, polls, polls: It's all in how the question is asked

The Talmud says that in the times immediately preceding the coming of the Messiah "the generation's face will be like that of a dog." Our rabbis interpret this to mean that just like a dog runs ahead and keeps looking back to make sure that its master is following, so too the 'leaders' of the generation will run ahead and keep looking back to make sure that the people are following along. It's an