"He was only accurate when the race neared the election "date and he didn't want to end up with egg on his face; I distinctly remember that, he (like most of the other pollsters) had Kerry ahead by whopping percentage points during the summer of 2004"
No, Rasmussen's poll did not show all the variations of the other polls. His polls did not show the big jumps after debates or after conventions. His final polls were not that different from what he had been saying since at least August. And at the end his was the only poll that was correct on all the contested states and the closest to the actual national popular vote. If you have any good reason to call him a Rat them please post the reason.
Well, perhaps I stand corrected; (I went to Google but couldn't find any data to back my reasoning) yet, I do remember, Rasussen's name being tossed in with the likes of Democraps' gleeful polling last summer.