Did Obama Steal the Election?

Sure, plenty of Democrats thought George W Bush “stole” the 2000 election (and conservatives would have reacted similarly had Al Gore been pronounced the victor by the Supreme Court) but did Barack Obama steal the 2008 election? Apparently our nutty American cousins believe so:

PPP’s newest national survey finds that a 52% majority of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the Presidential election for Barack Obama last year, with only 27% granting that he won it legitimately.

I’d like to say that this poll can’t possibly be accurate. But PPP aren’t a rogue outfit. And anyway, it’s the sort of crazy finding that’s entirely consistent with all manner of other crazy findings this year. This is, I assume, why Andrew Sullivan thinks Sarah Palin the most-likely GOP nominee in 2012. I obviously disagree with that but this sort of poll is ammunition for Andrew’s side of that forecast, not mine.

On the other hand, it’s also a reminder that David Frum is right: conservatives are still stuck in Phase One of Political Denial, believing that, facts be damned, We Didn’t Really Lose.

Then again, perhaps it also proves the limitations of polling since, according to PPP, 9% of Democrats think, or at least will tell a pollster, that ACORN stole the election. Then again, they would know wouldn’t they?

[Hat-tip: Dave Weigel]