Four reasons not to panic

Zogby's latest poll shows that Both Ways Bob has gained substantial ground on Bill Ritter. But should we believe a poll that flies in the face of everything we've seen in the last couple of weeks? Consider:

1. Since June 1, 2006, Zogby has showed Bill Ritter with an average lead of 6.675 points. All the other polls in the same time frame combined give Ritter an average lead of 9.85. From this, we can probably assume that Zogby simply trends conservative.

2. As a commenter on ToTheRight suggested, "Zogby does online, interactive polling, hardly a random sample..."

3. The last two polls have showed Ritter with 17 and 16 point leads. Let's see if any other polls come out with numbers similar to this Zogby poll before we give it any credence. It's too early to put stock in these numbers.

4. "It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile."