re: #18 JamesWI

(Reposted from last thread, since that was in the middle of the server problems)

RealClearPolitics is getting even more desperate.

Gallup released 2 polls today. One is their traditional 7-day tracking poll, which goes from last Monday through Sunday (10/1-10/7). This poll has Obama ahead +5. This is the poll that RCP normally includes in the average.

The other poll is a three-day, post-debate poll from Thursday to Saturday (10/4-10/6). This one has the race tied.

RCP includes only the 3-day poll, saying it is is the “most recent.” …..Um…..what?

the regular gallup 7-day window tracking poll, which real clear politics seems to have lost interest in, had obama as close as only 3 pts ahead on sat and sun, but today the margin is back up to 5, so gallup appears to show that the debate bounce only lasted from thus to fri