Jump Spin

Drudge points out a pretty good way of making sure that something turns out all right in the end. Here's CNN:

Two out of three Americans who watched President Barack Obama's health care reform speech Wednesday night favor his health care plans — a 14-point gain among speech-watchers, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll of people who tuned into Obama's address Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress.

14 points in one night? That's a hell of jump. Must have been a killer speech. But wait. What's this fine print at the bottom of the page...

The sample of speech-watchers in this poll was 45 percent Democratic and 18 percent Republican.

Oh.

It's been a while since I had fun with pollsters, and so, some more Poll Vaulting:

Here They Come...

"Exit Polls Show Obama Big."

So says a Drudge headline. I haven't turned on the TV all day, so I assume they'll be trumpeting the same message on CNN et al.

Fine, fine. Dems always do well in the 1% of people being polled after they vote. Remember that the number doesn't include the people who told the exit poller to go and screw himself.

Polls in the east coast don't close for another 50 minutes, and west coast voters haven't left the office yet. This is the media's one last shot at controlling the election. So everyone should just stay the course and...vote.