The honor goes to the McLaughlin Group, which set out to supposedly measure Obama's support among America's Jewish voters. But look at the wording of the question and see how it creates a GOP-friendly, apple-to-oranges comparison.

This from IsrealNationNews.com, which touted the results as a big blow to Obama; a meme that was quickly picked up States-side [emphasis added]:

The US Jews polled were asked whether they would: (a) vote to re-elect Obama, or (b) consider voting for someone else. 42% said they would vote for Obama and 46%, a plurality, preferred the second answer. 12% said they did not know or refused to answer.

The McLaughlin poll held nearly 18 months later, in April 2010, appears to show that support down to around 4 out of 10.

Oh brother. “Would consider”? Could the McLaughlin poll have made it any easier for respondents to not pick option a), “vote to re-elect Obama.” The wording practically begs people to pick b).

The problem, of course, is that on the one hand the poll asks people to pick a hard, definitive response. (i.e. would vote for Obama). And then offers up a mushy alternative (i.e. would “consider” voting for somebody.) Yeah, but don't most voters consider voting for somebody else? Isn't that what elections are for, to consider the possibilities?

Sure enough, one right-wing blogger claimed the McLaughlin poll proved that, “In little over one year in office Barack Obama has lost nearly half of his support among American Jews.” Conservatives assumed that every American Jew who said they would consider voting for somebody else meant they no longer supported Obama. And yes, it seems the poll was structured to create exactly that kind of confusion.

If you want to know how Jewish voters in America actually feel about Obama, take a look at an authentic poll, like this one.