Top 10 reasons Freepers dismiss polls they don't like: 10. It's a weekend poll. 9. Most conservatives lie to pollsters. 8. Most Republicans I know only have cell phones. 7. I've never gotten called once for a poll. 6. A friend who works for the Democrats say their internal polling looks awful. 5. The media is trying to help the Democrats. 4. It's registered voters, not likely voters. 3. The Wilder/Bradley effect. 2. The internals are all wrong! 1. Our guy isn't leading so it can't be right.
The polls likely reflect fact. While any rational thinker sees Obama’s presidency as a disaster, his alignment with the media is a nearly insurmountable advantage — probably worth about 5-7 percentage points. The “undecided”, independents and “moderates” typically don’t get their news from right-leaning media outlets, and believe what they hear from MSNBC, NBC and CBS. Romney’s financial edge and mostly correct messaging is essentially neutralized by this phenomenon. From this point of view Romney’s only real failing to date is his team’s inability to overcome the media brazen left-wing assault (as Reagan did).