So The Question Is ...

...why didn't a poll come out showing just that?

Said one top Bloomberg campaign adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity to protect internal discussions: “If a poll had come out showing that the race was within five points, Barack Obama would have swung into town, the United Federation of Teachers would break for Thompson and Mike Bloomberg would not be mayor today.”

Is it because he bought the pollsters, too?

I'm serious. Anyone have any clues here? Polls had this guy 18 points up as recently as last week.