McCain Campaign pollster Bill McInturff, speaking on a conference call, said that the Washington Post/ABC poll showing Obama with a 9-point lead was “an unusual outlier that does not represent where the campaign is.”
McInturff, who has done media polling for the NBC/WSJ, said that the consensus of polls both nationally and within swing states have shown remarkable stability, with the race going back and forth, but remaining within the margin of error. He said that this Post/ABC poll had a +16 number for Democratic Party identification, when the real range is more likely 4-8 percent, with McCain typically running ahead of party ID because of his appeal to independents.
