I hate to use this pollster but (R)asmussen Has Obama up by 8 in Michigan

[WI_DEM]

(but at least it's better than the last two polls out of Michigan):

President Obama draws 50% support against Mitt Romney in Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the presidential race in Michigan.

A new statewide telephone survey shows that 42% of Likely Voters support Romney. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Michigan was conducted on June 14, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/michigan/election_2012_michigan_president

[bluestateguy]

1. Then he is probably ahead by more like 11-12%

Rasmussen, as documented by Nate Silver, had a Republican bias of about 4% in 2010.

[Arkana]

2. If Rasmussen has him up 8, he's probably up around 12.

[former9thward]

3. So when Rasmussen has a good result we are supposed to like it.

And when they have a bad result they are a worthless pollster. Ok.

[WI_DEM]

6. yeah, pretty much.

[democrat_patriot]

4. Wasn't it a tie on Tuesday?

Sigh. I'll look at polls in October....

[Mr.Turnip]

5. That was another pollster.

This is consistent with most polls of Michigan by more reputable national pollsters like PPP, Mason-Dixon and the like.

[Marzupialis]

7. Is Romney up by 3% in Wisconsin as Rasmussen says?

or does Rasmussen suck there and rule in Michigan? How does it work?
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/wisconsin/election_2012_wisconsin_president

[Nye Bevan]

8. No, that's OK, everyone here loves Rasmussen when he has Obama ahead.

It's only when he has Obama behind that he's a biased, unscientific, lying right-wing hack.

[hrmjustin]

9. Well everone has their moments. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

10. No. It's not that anyone here "loves" him.

He's still a biased right-wing hack. It's just that when he has Obama ahead, he's more than likely farther ahead than Rasmussen's polls indicate. We just love knowing that the President's lead is bigger than what this guy says it is.

[AverageJoe90]

12. Agreed. n/t

[Cal33]

11. In recent months both Rasmussen and Fox News are giving higher ratings to Obama

than most other polls. I wonder if it's their way of trying to frighten more right-wingers
into voting for Romney?

[Rochester]

13. If there's the slightest doubt, Obama can solidify Michigan with four simple words.

"I SAVED YOUR JOB"