Grain of Salt

I am just as puzzled as I am encouraged by the release of results from two Rasmussen Reports polls that has Governor Ehrlich and Lt. Governor Steele handily leading their respective races. But I really have to take both polls with a grain of salt. Thanks to David Wissing's polling page, we can look at several recent Rasmussen polls, and they are all over the place:

Ehrlich v. O'Malley
7/18/05- Ehrlich +5
11/16/05- O'Malley +6
1/10/06- Ehrlich +5

Ehrlich v. Duncan
7/18/05- Ehrlich +1
11/16/05- Duncan +9
1/10/06- Ehrlich +9

Steele v. Cardin
7/18/05- Ehrlich +5
11/16/05- O'Malley +6
1/10/06- Steele +5

Steele v. Mfume
7/18/05- Cardin +5
11/16/05- Cardin +8
1/10/06- Steele +7

There just seems to be no rhyme or reason to this numbers. If there had been another reliable poll conducted recently (clearly disqualifying Sun polling) then maybe we would have something to compare it to. What does it all mean; only that there are still 297 days until the General Election. I am not getting too excited about their leads, and remember; all polling should be taken with a grain of salt, but especially polling this early in the election cycle.