Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “The exit polls that I looked at said 48% of the people in Massachusetts said they voted for the new senator over health care. Only 5% mentioned any other issue.

Is is possible that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was outright lying about looking at exit polls?  Or did he collect exit polls on his own without telling anyone about it?  And if so, how did he do it, if no survey organization says that they collected exit polls from the 2010 MA senate race?

Those seeking exit polls for the 2010 Massachusetts Senate Race will be disappointed to know there aren’t any.Mike Allen of Politico reports about the lack of exit polls:  The consortium scrambled to put something together — for the “why,” more than for the call — but wasn’t confident a reliable system could be built so fast.”  Curious Americans aren’t the only losers. John Fund of the Wall Street Journal writes in his blog that the missing exit polls are “disappointing journalists and political scientists alike.”  Also on the matter, MSNBC anchor David Shuster tweeted: “No news organization is doing exit polls in Mass senate race today. Only numbers will be the election results themselves. Voting ends 8pm.”

That’s John Fund from the Wall Street Journal, the same news organization that ran the quote from Minority Leader McConnell.

So, Senator McConnell.  Tell us a little more about those exit polls you saw.

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