[heleny]

Okay, one outlying poll is equal to a floundering, hopeless campaign, but four separate polls showing Simon leading by 2-7 points equals "virtually even."

This reminds me of a scheme for recounting ballots:
Recount until you achieve the desired result. Then stop and block all other recounts.

Here, the liberals take polls until they achieve their desired results, despite a high error margin and small sample.
Then they stop taking any more polls, keep repeating the desired results, and neglect to mention any other polls.

Perhaps the idea is: keep repeating it and some people will eventually believe it.
I wonder how much longer they can keep quoting the April Field Poll; it was taken before the Oracle scandal was publicized in all newspapers.

[Coop]

They'll keep quoting it until the Oracle mess dies down or the GOP/Simon campaign is able to release a credible poll that actually attracts media attention - no easy feat for a Republican. (Unless of course the Pubbie is trailing badly in said poll.)