1.   Polls have become not only an instrument for taking the momentary public pulse but a servant of political spin.

2.   All this goes beyond mere political spin, though each side in this near-war is out to persuade the world that it is the true victim.

3.   Asked why the hypothetical Gore-Feinstein ticket trailed in the poll, Kennedy could not resist offering her own political spin.

4.   But Bryant, as if suddenly possessed by the spirit of James Carville, gave his best political spin on the issue Saturday.

5.   But this political spin is based on the wrong premise.

6.   Civil rights leaders criticized the report, saying Whitman was belatedly trying put a favorable political spin on a problem she can no longer dismiss.

7.   Did we say welcome to the parallel world of political spin?

8.   Forbes even put a political spin on a Super Bowl prediction made on his campaign flight to New Hampshire from Iowa Monday night.

9.   Indeed, the questions committee members ask often were buried beneath personal opinion and political spin.

10.   It was definitely on camera, though, captured in the talk of reporters and commentators who helped shape the political spin and strategies.