[NorCoGOP]

All of Allard's internal polls had him winning by the actual vote margin...they were dead on.

Strickland blew it by only really campaigning hard in Denver and Boulder counties (liberal strongholds).

Allard CREAMED Strickland in El Paso and Weld counties by OVERWHELMING numbers (Weld is his home county, El Paso has 10+ military bases). Allard won I believe ALL BUT FOUR or FIVE counties, and those he lost were not by the overwhelming margin that Zogby et al predicted....the liberal media compounded this by going national with the giddy news Strickland would win by 9+....then there was a 15 point shift TO Allard in the final vote....

I love this state!

[Tennessean4Bush]

Thanks, this is the beginning of a real explanation. I guess this explains why the Allard camp kept telling the national GOP that they were confident while alot of the Washington based GOP and pundits were scared to death.

[Tennessean4Bush]

Who was the consultant doing his polling? Whomever it was will have no trouble getting work in Colorado for years to come. Zogpiss should have trouble getting work now, but probably won't.

[Tennessean4Bush]

How did the governor actually perform against these same polls (I am talking about Denver Post and Rcky Mtn News primarily). I mean, can you see the same shift? Did the governor end up winning by 40% when the papers had him up by only 20%

[capitan_refugio]

Zogby was all over the place with his polls in the last month. His credibility has dropped way off. Part of Allard's final advantage was the "Bush Tidal Wave" spreading from east to west. That's why VNS pulled all their exit polls. They did not want to depress western Democrat votes. But the early call on Jeb Bush (+19% when it was made) in an "even" race, set the tone for the evening!