Pollster Frank Luntz [3] "is crying foul after MSNBC canceled his long-scheduled focus group two days before the debate. ... 'I think they buckled to political pressure,' says Luntz, who has advised Republicans from Newt Gingrich [4] to Rudy Giuliani." An MSNBC spokesperson said the decision "had nothing to do with Frank's past work or politics." The liberal group Media Matters for America [5] had urged MSNBC [6] not to include Luntz in their debate coverage, due to his "partisan Republican ties and history of questionable scientific methodology." But Luntz, who went ahead with the focus groups, concluded [7], "Bush had already lost the debate after just the first 15 minutes."