[r9etb]

Karen Hughes is a canny operator, and this comment is far from "off the cuff," much less anecdotally based. She wouldn't have said "I don't need polls to know we're ahead," unless she had internal polls that show they're ahead.

If she didn't already have have the hard data in-hand, the Kerry folks would be rolling out their polling data as an opportunity to gloat and chortle at W's expense. The Bush folks are far too smart to open themselves up that way.

[AmericanMade1776]

Tom Brokejaw made a joke, blamed lights flickering off ON A DEMOCRAT....

[LS]

This is what I've said for days: if all these SurveyUSA and other polls weren't right, the Dems would have their own poll data to challenge it. Even if you have to get some internal stuff out there to break the momentum, you do so. But they can't---because their internals show things are WORSE FOR THEM than even the major polls.