I totally agree.
There is no predicting this race, because of 9/11.
In 2002, the results were unexpected, and no matter what the polls say I don't think the outcome can be predicted.
You are right about 2002 -- media said we could lose the House and not regain the Senate -- wrong on both counts along with the pollsters and Jeb clobbered McBride in FL in what pollsters told us was a tightening race.