<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Polls Are Now Part Of The Liberal Conspiracy,&nbsp;Ctd]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Tomasky <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/27/michael-tomasky-on-the-gop-s-self-delusion-syndrome.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29">asks</a> Republicans to face reality:</p> <blockquote> <p>[W]hile [Dick Morris] is correct that the polls are showing strong Democratic advantages, they’re doing so because that’s how people are identifying themselves to pollsters. In fact, Stan Greenberg noted last Friday, Republicans lost five points in voter identification in a month. This is not bad poll sampling. It’s reality. And while it’s true that today’s numbers might overstate what will be the case on Nov. 6, the way things are going, they just might be understating them.</p> </blockquote> <p>Nate Cohn also&#0160;<a href="http://www.tnr.com/blog/electionate/107778/the-polls-dont-use-2008-turnout-model">pushes</a>&#0160;back against the poll skeptics:</p>]]></html></oembed>