I will say that the wildly divergent poll results this week tells me that the pollsters don’t have a clue on getting accurate samples now, and that is good for McCain.
That's probably correct. I find it hard to believe that the real electorate is swinging as wildly as the poll numbers are.
and that is good for McCain.
We would hope so ... but given the wild swings it's difficult to say that with certainty.
What I will say, though, is that (going from memory here) for the past several elections now, the polls have been significantly slanted toward the Democrats, as compared to the actual election results. If that holds true here, then "close" is indeed bad news for Obama.