How desperate are the Democrats to ignore the current polling numbers?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told convention-goers Tuesday morning that polls are underestimating the strength of Barack Obama, contending he will defeat John McCain with the support of new or intermittent voters, who are not generally polled.

“I’m very comfortable with those polls,” Pelosi said at a rooftop breakfast panel near the Democratic National Convention. “I think he is trouncing him. I want more of a spread, of course — I want it all.”

In other words, just ignore the numbers -- she's sure that they are wrong and that Obama is going to win by a landslide, regardless of what the polls are actually showing.

Call it faith-based interpretation of the polls. No matter what the data shows, just believe that Obama is winning.

I'm curious -- if that does happen, will Democrats complain that the disparity between polling data and election results is a sign that someone tampered with the electronic voting machines? You know, like they did in 2004.