When the term “unskewed polls” entered the political lexicon this fall, courtesy of a conservative blogger convinced that national pollsters were missing a looming Romney landslide, there was a lot of talk about how the right’s polling skepticism was ushering in a landscape in which every observer would become a Gallup unto himself, and even the basic shape of a political campaign would up for angry partisan dispute.
Since then, the polls themselves have delivered us that very outcome – a final week where everyone can look at the numbers and credibly claim to see exactly what they hope to see. [cont.]
Ross Douthat, New York Times