[drjimmy]

In many respects Akin’s loss was very narrow, but if not for the Wenzel poll providing much needed momentum for Todd, Akin’s loss would have been much worse.
When a polling firm gives their results to a partisan media outlet in order to provide "much needed momentum" for a candidate, which is exactly what is happening here, there's not much reason to believe that poll is accurate. Wenzel also had Tommy Thompson, Josh Mandel, and George Allen winning their races, and was off by an average of about 9 points from the actual result of each.

[Oliviaforever]

There are times when it is necessary for the Tail to Wag the Dog.

And if Ken can promote a poll that shows him close, it will undoubtably motivate his voters while depressing turnout among Democrats.