I'll see what O'Reilly says when I'm at the gym.

"...did Fox try and give McCain a hand establishing the "comeback" narrative he so desperately needs?"

Yes.  Next question?

Seriously, thought, given the huge bump in Dem registrations this year, there's just no logical reason at this point to be decreasing that gap between Dems and Rethugs in their sample.

Of course! Even their timing was designed to give McCain an edge. They clearly commissioned this poll immediately after seeing the tracking polls slow and receiving a heads-up from McCain's pollster that he saw some tightening.

I suppose if they give you the breakdown, they're not being dishonest. But that's still misleading.
Plus, Joe Q. Public doesn't know aboute  the registration factor in these polls. Non-junkies probably think a fair poll is one where you ask the same number of Dems as Republicans. Imagine what those numbers look like...LOL

Fair and balanced is questionable. Cagy like a Fox is more like it.

It would make sense if Fox did give him a "comeback".  It gives republicans a reason to go to the polls instead of staying home, knowing they will lose.  

They are nothing more than a rightwing mouthpiece who's time has come.

No, it's just an outlier. The Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll is very professional and has no record of shenanigans that I can remember. Remember, party ID is VERY different than party registration. Party ID is self-reported and a lot of low info voters just use it as a proxy for whomever they're voting for. In other words, the presidential preference drives the party ID, not the other way around. So this poll got too many McCain supporters by chance. That's all.

I maintain a Party ID/Sample Weighting website where I compile party ID numbers from as many polls as possible. http://courses.ttu.edu/hdfs3390-reifman/ weighting.htm

They are trying to save the down ticket Republican critters.

And, they are setting up this

THEY STOLE THE ELECTION

meme, and pick your villians, but more then likely ACORN.

Because, they CAN'T admit the country repuditated their tactics, their candidates, their philosophy?

Hence, set up a story of a stolen election, and pound it into the base until it becomes accepted fact.

So it begs the question - did Fox try and give McCain a hand establishing the "comeback" narrative he so desperately needs? I certainly don't have any specific proof; but I can't say it wasn't the first thought that popped in my head"
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Yes.It was the first thought that popped into my head  too..and the last one as well.I believe 101% that that's the case.

Of course they did...it's Fox News.  Everything is designed to help the Republicans.

They are all doing; CNN has a ticker that says Obama's lead is shrinking.