Betting the Farm

James Taranto:

This is an unusual election in that the media have not even waited for the polls to open before declaring the results. Indeed, the Associated Press was forecasting a Democratic "landslide" as early as May. And since we all know that everything in the papers is true, if the Republicans end up winning, or at least holding their majorities, it can only mean that Karl Rove stole the election.

They'd better be right on this, because nobody will trust any of them again if they're wrong. How confident are you in early exit polls after 2004?

I've always thought it would be cool if people started lying to pollsters. If they have lied to us, that may be the next step. In fact, I wonder how many conservatives would even want to give these people the time of day.