Post-Debate Polls Say Obama Won (Yawn)
Ah, snap polls. Here is how they work: A news-gathering organization rounds up a bunch of plumbers, all named Joe, and puts them in a lockbox where they are forced to look at two people arguing for 90 minutes. At the end of this torture session, people ask themselves, "Who blinked less? I'll go with that guy," and voila, you have your snap poll telling you Barack Obama won again.
Here we go:
CBS undecideds: Obama 53, McCain 22
CNN viewers: Obama 58, McCain 31
CNN independents: Obama 57, McCain 31
MediaCurves independents: Obama 60, McCain 30
SurveyUSA Californians: Obama 56, McCain 28
Thank you to the late-night gerbils at TPM Election Central and FiveThirtyEight.com for compiling all this boring bullshit.