simple, rhetorical question: wtf do national polls have to do with the next 8 days?

[kid a]

my "hide thread" button will be getting a workout unlike any since the primary.

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GOTV for OBAMA!

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[elleng]

1. Provide fodder for talking heads

and junkies!

[WeDidIt]

2. Dramatic shifts in the mood of the polity will be demonstrated in the national polls

before they are seen in the state polls.

Thus, as we approach the actual day of the election, the significance in the trend lines within the national polls becomes far greater than the trend lines of the state polls and can be indicative of shifts within those closely contested states.

[BzaDem]

3. National polls reflect state polls -- much faster than state polls are conducted.

[DefenseLawyer]

4. They can demoralize the republicans and curb turnout

Other than that they have no value at all.