Simon’s toastiness quotient

My buddy John Weidner says I’m freaking him out with my gloom and doom over the sputtering Simon campaign, and he cites a NewsMax story to the effect that a hidden USA Today poll shows Simon leading Davis by one percentage point. There’s only one problem with this poll: it was conducted before the verdict in the fraud case.

And far from being suppressed, it was reported in the NY Times (California G.O.P. Leaders Pessimistic on Top Race) when it was news:

In the last Field Poll, he trailed Mr. Davis by just seven points, half as many as he did in April. A poll conducted by Survey USA a few days before the verdict showed a statistical tie, with Mr. Simon at 46 percent and Mr. Davis at 45.

Most of the certainty about Simon’s current status comes from internal polling Simon did riight after the jury verdict, which reportedly showed a 20% drop. NewsMax is careful not to mention this polling, sticking to “published” poll results only, which makes them just as dishonest as the liberal media.

Perhaps the time has come to talk about bias in the “partisan” media so we get it all.