tied or leading in their final survey. outside of rasmussen, a polling firm that has been widely accused of skewing conservative, gallup was the only other organization that predicted a romney victory. as you may recall, the president won by four points. 51-47. gallup s numbers were close on election day. the gap was wider in earlier polls. on october 28th, just a week before the election, gallup had romney up five. week before that, romney up seven. nbc news and wall street journal had the race either tied or obama up. gallup s editor in chief promised a top to bottom review to wording of ballot questions. joining me now, one of the great gentleman of washington. mr. newport, good morning to you. good to be with you.