The Newsweek Poll was conducted almost entirely on Friday and Saturday morning. It didn't poll the Eastern and Central time zones on Friday night. Weekend polls like this usually undersample Republicans. Are we to believe that in the last month there has been more than a 6% net switch in partisan identification? That is what happened when you compare the internals. Independents stayed the same at 28% but Republicans dropped by 6% and Democrats went up by 6%. The article states, The debate erased the lead the Bush/Cheney ticket has held over Kerry/Edwards in the Newsweek Poll since the Republican...