Yeah. I don’t remember nearly as much media hand-wringing in 1994.
They seemed very shocked.
I think they thought the fix was in for keeps. But their models very conveniently excluded exactly that category of voter who overturned everything. That’s not so true anymore, though it does seem that even the truly responsible pollsters are having difficulty predicting turnout due to enthusiasm on the one hand and embarrassment on the other. That’s why I think all polls, even Rasmussen, are skewed at least 3% to the wrong. Which is why I think O’Donnell is actually competitive and the race more interesting than some might think.
How interesting that exactly what we’re discussing is exactly what Rush just said.