These polls being discussed by Matthews are wrong.

[Drunken Irishman]

Any poll with a MOE of +/- 5% is trash. I love the Colorado and Arizona poll, but I don't believe it. A MOE of 5 is just way too high.

[Lebam in LA]

1. They were dated Aug 13-15

Old news and the polls mean nothing at this point

[Hope And Change]

4. I see.Thanks.

[Robeson]

8. I saw that that, too. 10 days old.

[Hope And Change]

2. Who conducted these polls?Did they polled New Mexico too?

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Mason-Dixon.

They ran in today's Salt Lake Tribune. Obama was down a few points in New Mexico and Nevada, down 6 in Arizona and leading by 3 in Colorado.

However, the MOE is too high. Generally you don't want to accept a poll with a MOE above 3.5%.

[GarbagemanLB]

3. Obama is ahead in Texas!!

MOE is +/- 30, though.

[jefferson_dem]

5. Old polls. Those M-D polls were in the field over a week ago.

That's a political lifetime.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I didn't see the date, but yeah.

Add in this and throw the results out the window. I would not be surprised if Obama is leading in Nevada, but losing Colorado.

[rurallib]

9. Matthews wrong? This is news, why?

Matthews being wrong is SOP (standard operating procedure).