Sarcasm aside, the recent increase in bogus pools with democrats being out-sampled by +8, +10 and higher to Repubs has become - I think- intentional. (Article in WSJ said that the range of people actually voting was at its historic high for Democrats at +7 in 2008 over Repubs with the Repubs best year at even. That gives a pretty good barometer of what makes sense. Maybe +2 or +4 for The One this time?)
I'm with Rush on this - the fear is really setting in and whatever they can do to make it look competitive will be done - even with bogus poll results.
Every time I hear Gallup, or CBS or even WSJ, I'm suspect. Fortunately, there are people a lot smarter than me immediately getting into the weeds regarding the sampling and highlighting the flaws.
It's a lot better for the Repubs than it seems. 8.3% isn't going to help the One much either. Did they even report that at ABC/NBC/CBS?
Frankly I don't know what to believe having listened to Karl Rove two days ago say that in the battleground states Obama is holding his own and is slightly ahead. When we begin seeing those polls change than we can rest a bit easier but right now it's a nail biter. We will see an uptick after our Convention but then team Obama and Bill Clinton may also see a slight bump as they're real pros at fooling the masses. The election couldn't come soon enough for me.