From what I have heard from reading polling bloggers (Jay Cost, Sean Trende, etc), Rasmussen is using a D+3 or so sample (could be 3.5). I never heard of him using a D+5 this year.
And don’t forget, Rasmussen still has Republicans up +2.6 in party id - ending in September.
In 2010 for example, the September party id was D+2.1. And we know what happened 30 days later.
This will be a landslide of even bigger proportions, IMO.
I feel that Rass is just doing it (D+3.5) to ‘play it safe’ with a ‘tie’ right now. But, the true markers point to Romney clobbering the ‘Bamster if the election were tomorrow. Actually, this (a tie or ‘close’ polling) plays it better for our camp because we have the ‘enthusiasm’ edge over the RATs. So, best to ‘disguise’ our advantage with a ‘close’ poll, than foster ‘complacency’ with a poll showing Romney +4 or +5.
The left/dems will use a landslide to claim that America is “still racist”.
We should simply laugh at them and bury the race card forever.