No Pete,
The truth is I didn't think it through. My logic was correct but it would require direct access to the database in order to change the record in question. Sometimes I think in terms of the web site that I manage and forget I don't have the same permissions here. Which this time bit me in the butt.
Also the biggest complication is that TRM's post should be the first post and he needs to be able to edit it as the numbers change. As he isn't the owner of the first post anymore, he can't update the numbers. So, I need to move some posts in order to put him back at the top. I Still agree that the threads should have been merged, I just didn't do it the right way. I should have closed the first thread and linked everyone to the poll thread.
Which is what I'm doing now.
