The latest chuckle inducer from Stu Elway says as much. This time the results include:

One of the major story lines of state polling has been that Gregoire has lagged behind Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) considerably more than downticket candidates in other states. This Elway poll shows a continuation of that with Gregoire winning the support of only 83 percent of Obama voters, but on the other hand Rossi, too, lags behind his party's standard bearer, receiving just 86 percent of Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) supporters.

Raise your hand if you believe a higher percentage of McCain voters - what's left of them in Washington state - are voting for Gregoire than the percentage of Obama voters ready to cast a ballot for Rossi.

That's what I thought.

Flashback: Elway's pre-primary poll included a 16% Gregoire lead and had Rossi behind in eastern Washington. Reality check from the actual primary results [pdf]: Gregoire won the primary by only 2% and won none of the 20 counties in eastern Washington.

Final point of complaint: Elway continues to use a small sample (405) of registered voters. Other pollsters following the general election have long ago switched to a caller screen for the more realistic universe of likely voters. Why Elway refuses to do so is a mystery.

UPDATE: If Elway is correct, why do Lynne Varner and Danny Westneat keep running into Obama-Rossi voters in the suburbs?

UPDATE II: Nice comeback from Rossi spokeswoman Jill Strait to the Herald's Jerry Cornfield:

If anything, this new poll makes us more optimistic than ever about winning. If Elway had us down 16% before the primary and we ended up within two points, than an Elway poll showing us down 12% must mean we're headed toward victory on Election night.