Democrats conceding election?

[KevinTheOmnivore]

The polling issue is terribly overstated.

First of all, the GOP were the first ones to release warnings about Kerry's bounce after the convention. They had it marked at up to a 15% bounce, which is absurd. It was a ploy. They knew Kerry wouldn't have a massive bounce (NOTE: What numbers are you looking at that have him going backwards?), and once the convention was over, they could go "Now see! The country is strong in her resolve, and supports the president." Bleh.

Secondly, unlike any election over the last 20 years or so, the electorate has predominantly made up its mind. The pool of undecideds that we're talking about is around 10% or 11%. The country is very polarized, so where would this massive bounce come from???