Actually, he was the first pollster to see that race narrowing. True, he didn't poll the week-and-a-half before the election (not sure why), but he did detect a much closer race before anyone else did.
PPP is hit and miss.
The truth is they all are.
“...True, he didn't poll the week-and-a-half before the election (not sure why)...”
Because he thought it was in the bag for Marcia.
I'll say it again, no way Obama went up 11% in one week. And if it was a GOP candidate that went up that much in a week, I'd say the same thing.
Many FReepers have used the phrase “special sauce” regarding Rasmussen and his polls; they're onto something.
Rasmussen is one point of data, not the entire data set.