[Merlin_Guy]

These polls are meaningless. They are national numbers, we do not have a national election. We do have a series of state elections that add up to a national winner. Kerry can get millions of extra votes in NY, MA, CT, CA which drives his national poll numbers up but they add zero to his electoral count. In my view this is exactly what is happening, Kerry is running very strong in the core blue states so his national percentages look good. And this gives the MSM a chance to say the race is close.

[Elvis van Foster]

You're right about the election being a series of state elections. But look at the internals posted above. In the white states (tossup), Bush's approval ratings dropped like a stone and 52% of the voters are Kerry's there.

Now, that hurts if you put a lot of stock into this poll. I don't. It includes some states that aren't close (WA, for example).