The invisible phase of the presidential campaign is upon us, as prospective GOP nominees are travelling to Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, meeting with donors, and of course making appearances on Sunday news programs to deny that they have any interest in the party nomination. And with all this nonsense (for which we can pin much of the blame on George McGovern!), we are also now getting a stream of election polling. Right now, it is but a stream, but soon it will turn into a raging river — with multiple polls coming out every day telling us which Republican is up, which is down, and which has been left for dead.
Before we get to that point, we’d better learn how to navigate those treacherous waters, and so today’s Morning Jay is meant as an initial primer on the 2012 polls.
