Concerned that your guy is down in the polls? Afraid of the narrative that would drive? No worries, just claim to be the only one with “real” polls!
The media is trying to create a sense of momentum and of inevitability about the Obama candidacy. One benighted Newsweek reporter even speculated about a possible Democratic landslide.
On Friday, I saw the real numbers. These state-by-state polls, taken by an organization I trust (after forty years of polling) show the real story. The tally is based on more than 600 likely voter interviews in each swing state within the past eight days.
The trend line is distinctly pro-Romney. Of the thirteen states studied, he improved or Obama slipped in nine states while the reverse happened in only four. To read the media, one would think that Romney had a terrible month. In fact, the exact reverse is true.
Hah, “the real numbers”! I love it. Seriously though, Dick, if you’re going to bother making up polling data, you’ve got to at least make it statistically significant. Fewer than 60 people per state does not a representative sample make!
Also, too, “all the experts” agree that I should be paid eleventy bajillion dollars. I’ll assume the check is in the mail.
But honestly, is being a political pundit really this easy? Just say whatever shit you want, and someone pays you!
520 Chestnut 
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