Polls under scrutiny as Democrats lead midterm race

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDemocrats lead in the midterm race with less than a month to go, and now some observers are asking whether the polls themselves are off.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Washington Examiner reports the president's approval is below forty percent. Our source is familiar with the matter and joins us from a parking garage.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAre you able to hear me alright?

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   Orrin BaskwellI can hear you, and I need you to know that this call is not being recorded by anyone I am aware of, and the lighting is bad on purpose.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo let me ask you plainly. Are the polls wrong?

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   Orrin BaskwellI can't say who, but a man told me the polls are wrong, and he said it with total confidence, near the pretzels.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNear the pretzels.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBut you didn't answer the question. Have you seen the polling data yourself, and what did it say?

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   Orrin BaskwellI can't say who, but his name is Gary, he works the sandwich counter on Fifth, and Gary has a cousin with a lawn sign.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA lawn sign. That is your evidence that a national polling operation is mistaken.

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    Orrin BaskwellIt was a big sign, Hank, and it faced the street. I can't say who, but the cousin's neighbor nodded at it twice.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the entire midterm, as far as you can tell, is one porch on one street.

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    Orrin BaskwellI never said that.

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    Orrin BaskwellI said a porch, and I said I can't say which one, because I am protected by a legal doctrine I invented.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorUnderstood. Thank you for your courage tonight, and for risking everything to tell us what Gary said.

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    Orrin BaskwellOf course. Before I go, does anyone there validate parking? I have been on this call for forty minutes.