For some reason, the ABC News/Washington Post poll really gets the tongues wagging. I’m not exactly sure why; as polls go, it is one of my least favorite, in part because it often has a ridiculous tilt toward the Democrats. I suppose because it is the Post poll, and that’s the newspaper of record in the government town.

I would not put any more stock into this poll than any other, and indeed I think Rasmussen and Gallup offer a more accurate gauge of the electorate on a daily basis. But as people will surely be talking about it, let’s break it down.