Along with Hillary pulling out a nose hair, we feel that another reason for her victory has been overlooked. While everyone is busy trying to explain how the polls got it so wrong, we feel that the polls actually influenced the outcome in the other direction. With Obama winning by a country mile, independent men felt freed up to vote for John McCain and women felt empowered to tap into their own resentments and go ahead and vote for Hillary so she wouldn't feel so bad.
A self-unfulfilling prophecy, as it were, and yet another reason not to rely on them.