That was quite a rant! I get under your skin just a little bit, eh, Doove?
But you missed one key point. It wasn't my goal to point out how "awesome" one of my past posts was, you ignorant fool. Rather, it was simply to note that you have a habit of persisting with erroneous or illogical statements even after it's pointed out to you that you're making no sense. In that thread, and a similar one on the same subject and at the same time, you continually claimed that you had "debunked" my post -- even though it was obvious that you had no understanding of the issue under discussion!
Sorry, but I get a little irritated when repeatedly harrassed by some annoying asshole -- over a long period of time -- with charges of hypocrisy and narcissism. If you continue with that, don't be surprised if I make fun of your ignorance!
Now back to the thread subject, as the OP requested:
In reality, the ONLY poll that matters is the written poll to take place on Nov.6. Anything prior to that is basically speculation.
Originally Posted by chefnerd
That's just about the only sensible thing that can be said at this juncture. Everyone who's been around for a few years remembers the race between George H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis in 1988. At one point during the summer of that year, Dukakis was reported to have a 17-point lead. (You do remember President Dukakis, don't you?)
Most political observers now seem to think that Obama has a slight edge, but that the race is likely to be very close.
Of course, it all boils down to a few hundred thousand "undecided" voters in just a handful of states, and to how motivated the parties' bases are in those battleground states.
Votes cast by the great majority of Americans are completely meaningless to the result. Perhaps that's not the way it ought to be, but that's the way it is.