[xzins]

Real Clear Politics has used Rasmussen for years:

For Today you can see Rasmussen clearly listed at:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

[OldGoatCPO]

The RCP average is useless because they average polls that do not utilize the same polling message, data or demographics. One poll may be general population another may be likely voters, another registered voters etc. Pick on pol and follow it, I choose Rasmussen because of their mention of giving a rolling average. Polls are useless until after the Conventions are over, they are a snapshot in time. This poll comes after the 4th holiday when most people are detached, does not reflect dismal job numbers from Friday etc. It will move up and down for the next few months. I will start worrying when Obama is consistently above 50% with Rasmussen in Sep and Oct.

[JPG]

Real Clear would do well to exclude outlier polls. They allowed that ridiculous Bloomberg poll into the mix which really screwed with the averages (in favor of Obama, of course).

[Political Junkie Too]

Rasmussen hasn't put out a meaningful state poll in weeks. I wonder what he's waiting for?

-PJ