What I remember hearing ad nauseum in '08, alternately, was a months-long fusillade of snide, arrogant assurances on the parts of McCainiacs various and sundry that "You can't believe the MSM polls showing McCain trailing Obama!" and "McCain already has this election in the freakin' BAG, buddy!" and (my personal favorite; ululated just two or three days prior to the election, itself) "FORTY-SEVEN STATE SWEEP, BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEE -- !!!" Well... ummmmmmmmmmm... WRONG, as the saying evidently goes. ;)
I've been eligible to vote (and have faithfully done so) since Ford/Carter, and I've yet to see ANY campaign forced to repeat -- on a daily basis; for weeks, or even months -- "donnnnnnnnnnnnn't belieeeeeeeeeeeeeve the pollllllllssssssss... donnnnnnnnnnnnn't belieeeeeeeeeeeeeve the pollllllllssssssss..." end up in the winning column, come November.
Should Romney somehow startle, by being the very first, fine and dandy... but: he actually has to do it first, before I actually go ahead and award him credit for doing so. I'm just naturally funny, that way. ;)
I understand, I’m just saying this, which I should have said when I posted the Mondale thing:
Do you think there is any real chance that after the “Morning in America” Recovery, after 12 years of Nixon, Ford and Carter, etc., Mondale was really up five points among people who were headed to the polling booth for real?
Thus, the lesson is imparted, big guy.
Oh, and my first vote was in 1992. Ergo, you’re older than dirt. :-)