Fix the scoreboard

As the holiday time out has ended, Ispos-Reid and Strategic Counsel have poll numbers out showing the Liberals (or Conservatives) leading the other by the slimmest of margins.

I skimmed the methodology for the Strategic Counsel poll in today's Globe and Mail and found it was based on a phone survey of 1,000. What I didn't find out was when the survey was done. If there's no campaigning during the holiday, how fresh is the information that poll respondents are using to make up their minds, and may they not be a little preoccupied with the holidays than to give a straight answer, or even be at home when pollsters call?

Oh, and did I mention there's still quite a bit of booze around the house at this time of year? This page would rather have the exit polls from advance voting on Xmas and New Year's Day. Sure, I could dig further into the methodology surrounding polling dates, but after the holidays, I feel as motivated to do it as I do to answer the phone....