There is a BIG problem with the Newsweek poll:
"Interviewing dates: September 30-October 2, 2004 (interviewing on 9/30 limited to the Pacific and Mountain time zones after the presidential debate concluded)" http://snipurl.com/9i1c
What? So not only was September 30th restricted to the time AFTER the debate, but the Central and Eastern time zones were ignored!
When I went to the Newsweek site http://snipurl.com/9i27 it showed that the story had already been UPDATED as of 6PM Eastern, so the evening of October 2nd was ignored, and probably the afternoon too.
This means that the Newsweek survey was conducted over a period of time that was LESS THAN 48 hours in length! Maybe even much less, because Thursday evening to Saturday morning would be about 36 hours! Saturday morning as the end time is very possible because it takes time to tabulate the results, get the results to Newsweek, and then for Newsweek to post the results on its site. Of course, it must also be kept in mind that the survey was conducted at the height of the MSM's flogging of Kerry's "comeback".
It looks like a rush job done so that it would also appear in the next print edition of Newsweek on Monday.
How did Newsweek think they could get away with it?