[W]e happily work with these companies and individuals on an ongoing basis.

From this, I get the distinct impression of a small, not terribly well-established polling firm pretty much getting started in the business. Thus, it makes sense for the CEO, David E. Johnson (who, incidentally, is listed here as Larry Klayman's "spokesperson"), to say about one of their state polls:

"It is an independent poll that our company is doing as part of its marketing research although traditionally we work with republican candidates."

A small polling company wants to raise its public profile, so it does some public polling of strategically vital states and releases the results -- as I said, it makes sense.

But I always thought that the reason we didn't see more in-state polling was that they are expensive to do, so polling companies don't rip them off at the drop of a hat, or just because someone is curious about what's happening. Is it really credible that Strategic Visions is footing the bill for 8 state polls (each involving exactly 801 likely voters), just to get some publicity? Isn't it just as likely that there is a client who doesn't want to be identified?

And where are they getting their data on what a "likely voter" is in each of these states? Strategic Vision is based in Atlanta and seems to specialize in the South for the work it does for clients, so what are they basing their likely voter weighting system on in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, states where they don't (apparently) have any experience?

Finally, how credible is it that in each of these polls their sample size is exactly 801 people? I can certainly see that they might set 801 as their goal, but is it believable that they met that goal, precisely, every single time?

Since I don't know anything about the mechanics and techniques of polling, I can't answer these questions, but I'd be really interested in someone doing so, and setting my mind at ease about this oh-so-convenient and oh-so-timely polls that came out of nowhere.

Update: I've corrected the name of the company throughout -- it's "Strategic Vision singular. Also, I'm sending this post to SV's CEO, David E. Johnson, with an invitation to respond. It's more than likely that my concerns arise out of my ignorance of the ins and outs of the polling business, and if so, he should be able to allay them.

Update: Strategic Vision's response is here.