As state polls swing away from Willard, Drudge tries to ease the pain with -gasp- a "shock poll"

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

He even has a link to the rightwing tinfoil hat rag, the Washington Examiner!

OMG! Romney is leading Obama, 49 percent to 45!
We are doomed!

Yes, that would be a shock, except it's a paid Republican poll, Susquehanna Research for the PA Republican Party, to be specific, that is completely out of line with any and all legitimate polling in the state.

http://www.politicspa.com/updated-senate-pagop-poll-romney-49-obama-45/42817/

I know Matt cherry-picks over there and offers zilch in the way of actual analysis and number-crunching, but this is just embarrassing.

And, for the record, the average of polls at RCP has Obama up in Pa. by 5.

[still_one]

1. embarrassing? drudge is the lowest form of distortion and misinformatio, that prick isn't

embarrased.

He is one of the lowest of the low

[Cali_Democrat]

2. LOL. Drudge is a moron. He's been cherry picking "shock polls" for months now

I don't even go to his site anymore because I refuse to give him the traffic, but I'm sure he was trumpeting the Gallup poll today even though it was a clear outlier.

What makes this instance even funnier is that the Romney campaign gave up on PA weeks ago.

[Permanut]

3. Oh yeah, how about this poll..

Out of seven of my right wing wacko relatives, all seven are going to vote for Romney. That's 100%! Bet nobody can top that poll. Please, no questions about bias or sampling methods, that's not important right now.

[dchill]

6. +1

For shock value!!

[demgrrrll]

4. Good let them think that and stay home or throw away advertising money.

[bluestateguy]

5. That poll is 5 days old, pre-debate and has since been contradicted by 3 polls showing Obama up 5-7%

Five days is pretty much damaged goods in polling lifespans. More importantly, it's failure to be replicated in subsuequent polls shows that it is an outlier.