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>> tea party didnt want to go to a primary which would have almost certainly put the lieutenant governor, he would have beaten mcauliffe. this is another example of the tea heaparty once again costinge republicans a seat. >> you disagree? >> i disagree. theres a couple lessons from virginia. i dont coat ed koch. but the voters have been spoken and now they must be punished in the state of virginia. one thing edge really affected him was the rnc under michael steele spent $9 million to get the go...

>> i appreciate you going on. i feel theres an elephant in the room here. i hope you forgive me. we cover politics on the show, and anybody covering politics this fall spent time talking about gallup polls and the presidential race and you had mitt romney up through to laexz day and took heat over that. i wonder going forward, have you taken any steps or are you planning to take any steps sort of in response to what happened in your polls this year? >> oh, yeah. were constantly reviewing what we...

Polls. to fight the appearance of failure, many romney defenders have been attacking the polling industry. others have been complaining that most news organizations are packing their results with democrats just to make obama look good. now, that conspiracy theory is absu absurd. these same polls have produced years of results that make republicans look good too. but if you removed partisan paranoia, this debate can help reveal a misperception about polls. politicos and journalists alike like pol...