As the market continues to plummet and bad polling numbers continue to roll in it is easy to declare that all is lost and we should just give up.  Do not give in to that temptation. As The Anchoress notes, that is exactly what the democrats and their accomplices in the media want you to do.

I’m getting a sense that some people are freaking out, out there, that it’s three weeks to election and so it’s time to hyperventilate.

Of course that’s not true. Three weeks is still a huge chunk of time in an election, and things turn on a dime. The whole point of the big “landslide” story is the press helping Obama out some more; it is meant to make you despair and not go vote. It’s a game. While they’re saying “landslide,” and Charlie Gibson is acting like he’s in heat, Obama’s lost another point at Rasmussen.

The truth is, he’s not closing the deal, he can’t close the deal unless ACORN goes out there and registers 105% of voters, slashes tires and does all the stuff they have done (with little-to-no press coverage) with increasing vigor in each election.

They know that if they can depress turnout on election day, not only will Obama win, he will also have large majorities in both houses of Congress causing the country to take a sharp left turn. So whatever you do, don’t let the media determine the winner. Forget the polls and get out and vote and let the chips fall where they may!

As for the polls, take them with a grain of salt. Especially the state polls.

Even this brief examination reveals that the state opinion polls were often wrong, and often to a materially significant degree. In 2004, both Bush and Kerry’s support were commonly under-estimated, but in several groups’ work, all of Bush’s support was underestimated and Kerry’s support was much more likely to be over-estimated. The margin was also often wrong, and to a significant degree. State polls, therefore, are not proven to be a valid predictor of election results.

Update: Click here for another look at polling and Obama’s inability to close the deal.

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