The biggest losers last night: The Gravis and PPP polling outfits.

[reformist2]

The final Gravis poll (Jan. 26) had Hillary +8 over Bernie, 48-40.

The final PPP poll (Jan. 27) had Hillary +11 over Bernie, 53-42!

Credibility. Destroyed.

[Dustlawyer]

1. Remember this slant as the race advances!

It is all part of the meme that Bernie can't win. At stake is the ability of the 1% to maintain their control over our government. That is why Bernie is calling for a "Political REVOLUTION". The 1% will pull out all of the stops to protect their ability to bribe Republican and Democratic politicians with campaign donations.

Voting for Hillary means that you want to continue to live under corporate rule. It's that simple, no matter how hard Hillary's supporters try to deny it.

[reformist2]

2. Here's a HuffPolls graph with Gravis and PPP removed.

I have to hand it to the other pollsters - they got it right!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. I wouldn't say it was their specific credibility that got the shaft.

I'd say it was the conventional wisdom in general on modeling races with unconventional candidates. I think there's still going to be a lot of polls that underrate how Sanders is doing from a lot of different pollsters still to come.

[firebrand80]

4. Quinnipiac had Bernie winning by 3 nt

[reformist2]

5. 4 points away is still in the ball park. 8 and 10 points away... pretty bad.

[wildeyed]

6. The biggest loser was Donald Trump.

Which is always kinda true, but last night was REALLY true

Gravis was always shit. It's a robocall right? I pretty much ignore that one. They have been an outlier for the entire season. Why they even bother is beyond me....

Eight points off is not that bad for the IA caucuses. In 2012, everyone missed by a lot too. Huckabee won, which no one saw coming and Obama exceeded expectations by a bunch. And anyway, you can't discount a polling outfit based on a single poll. It is a random sample of a certain demographic. Sometimes, even with a good sample size and well designed pool, the results skew. It can be a one off thing.

Anyway, it is Rubio's performance that is probably making a bunch of pollsters want to kill themselves this morning. He WAY over performed.

[AZ Progressive]

7. A reason why to go and fight despite the naysayers!