If I get interrupted one more time by political pollsters while speaking to my mother on the telephone, I'm going to reach through the phone and curtly ask them to stop calling.  My mother is not so unpolite.  She answers the calls and informs them that she will vote for their candidate.  She is currently voting for Huckabee, McCain, Clinton, Edwards, and Romney - at last count.  I wonder if they have compared notes and realize that they have a double agent on their rosters.  Update:  My mother wants to make it known that she is indeed voting for Giuliani. 

So when they say the polls don't work, I have to concur.

Everyone - and by everyone I mean only those that actually pick up their phone when the "poll people" call, is just trying to be polite.  They don't want to be rude to the teenage volunteers that are working for the campaigns.  They don't want to shatter their enthusiasm for the political process.  But honestly, do they really believe that everyone they speak to is going to trek through the snow to their local middle school on voting day and vote for their candidate?  People just want to get off the phone and get back to making dinner, watching reruns of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, or shoveling snow on any given day. 

Oh they'll vote alright.  This is New Hampshire after all.  But the beauty of the New Hampshire Primary is how fluid the environment is.  I've changed my own mind at least twice.  The thing is, we don't really like to talk about who is getting our vote - precisely because it's subject to change.     

I thought the "Do Not Call" list prevented unsolicited calls.  But, my mother has informed me, the campaigns are exempt from the "Do Not Call" list.  How convenient.  I personally don't receive the calls because I only use a cell phone these days.  And no, you can't have my number.