Frank Schubert, the longtime political consultant and initiative expert who is managing the Prop 8 (ban on gay marriage) campaign in California, has an interesting bit of spin in response to the Field Poll. He notes that the numbers have moved -- ever so slightly -- in the direction of the initiaitve since a previous survey. (One note: the movement is within the poll's margin of error). He also offers an interesting historical tidbit: back in 2002, the Field Poll significantly underestimated support for Prop 22, the successful 2000 initiative that added a ban on gay marriage into state law. It was Prop 22 that was overturned by the California Supreme Court in May. The new initiative would place a ban on gay marriage in the state constitution.