Gallup postpones legitimation crisis; query on polling

[Dennis Breslin]

The last item in the Gallup poll shows Gore beating Bush if the
election was held today (47% to 44%).  Which is identical to
Bush's lead in the polls prior to the election.  Seems both 
pre- and post-election poll results overshoot the election outcome
(tho I suppose its all in the margin of error).

Some quick questions that maybe Doug knows:  How have the polling 
orgs. responded to the actual near tie vote?  Have the pollsters 
taken heat over the pre-election calls?  Or did the pollsters punt 
with margin of error and too close to call claims?  What was
the final result of the VNS exit poll?

Dennis Breslin