1.   The polls were forecasting a heavy defeat for the President.

2.   And that the poll has forecast the eventual winner only once in the past five years.

3.   But what the heck, newspaper polls forecast presidential elections six months in advance.

4.   The polls forecast another Labor landslide.

5.   Polls forecast Netanyahu against Barak in the runoff.

6.   For months, polls had forecast that the two top candidates would be conservative Chirac and the Socialist Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin.

7.   Most polls forecast Netanyahu facing Labor Party leader Ehud Barak in the runoff.

8.   Polls published Friday forecast a massive Sharon victory.