to those of you with a million lame excuses, how lame... Those excuses are all tired and debunked many times over
Will you knock it off? There is no reason to be going after posters about a poll whose MoE is nearly 5%.
Where is the bounce, HUH?
How in the world do you have someone leading 5 to 10 points with likely voters in EVERY national poll, and yet we see the same state results as two weeks ago, even with the McCain ruling Obama in the favorable/unfavorable internal numbers?
Maybe you are so doom and gloom you can’t see something isn’t gelling with this set of Rasmussen state polls?
Maybe *GASP* the people who said the state polls would lack a few extra days behind the national bounce were correct?
Nah, you are the poll “expert” around here. Sorry I mentioned a lag as a possibility and got your panties in a twist.
The passion from booth conventions will have completely worn off by then. We'll get a good pitcure of the state of the race.
It could be that McCain's bounce will completely erode and that Obama will move back in front. Or, it could be that McCain / Palin's support amongst the base and Indies will be consolidated and the lead will persist. Either way, these polls aren't going to mean a whole lot until then.
My guess is McCain is going to emerge with a very small lead, and that we are going to have to fight tooth and nail if we want to pull this off in November. I hope we are underestimating the GOP strength, but I'm fully expecting another nail biter.
A dose of reality is a good thing after a week of Palinmania but it is only a single set of polls by a single pollster. And it’s not all bad news either.