Why trust these polls?

Hugh Hewitt finds two major facts to cast doubt on current polls on Ohio.
Two data points that warm GOP hearts and undermine the junk polls: (1) Absentee requests in Ohio by Democrats are trailing their 2008 totals --often by a lot in key Democratic counties like Cuyahoga County; and (2) overall voter registeration for Democrats in the Buckeye State is down dramatically from 2008. 
Trust the facts on the ground now, not from the past.