Yup! They can lie like hell now because their results can't be verified but by the final weekend before the election they have to reveal the "horrible" truth or end up with their reputations ruined.
While I wish “spin” polls were really the case, I remember hearing the same kind of comments in 2008 about how the polls were being skewed toward the dems and how the polls would shift to a McCain lead in the day or two before the election.
As I recall, they showed about 51-48 Obama at that point - within a percentage point or so of the final tally.
I’m not buying that theory this time around. Fool me once and all that.