When A Poll Isn't A Poll

Over the last few weeks the polls continue to show that President Obama holds a small lead over Governor Romney.  Here's the problem that is coming to light.  All of these polls are oversampling Democrats by a minimum of 3%, and some by as much as 13%.  There are a myriad of reasons why they would do that, none of them ethical. 

• Why Are So Many Pollsters Oversampling Democrats - National Review Online
• Why Obama Is Ahead In the Polls - Blaze
• Pew Poll Puts Obama Ahead by 10 - FoxNews
• NBC Admits Oversampling Democrats - YouTube
• Are Polls Exaggerating Obama's Lead? - Reason

In other news:

• What Romney Might Have Said - WSJ
• The Magnitude of the Mess We're In - WSJ