I find it more than a coincidence that this politico article that was posted here yesterday specifically mentions this. http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091130/pl_politico/29993.
“Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event or piece of information into a picture that is already neatly framed in their minds.”
So AP is reading others work (Harris) and making up stories to help the ZERO.