It looks less like an issue with the polls, and more like an issue with not having time to do polling.
Hurricane Sandy seemed to be a big bonus for the president... giving him a ready made chance to look competent. Even Gallup's polls turned quickly on it.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-05/the-polls-shift-toward-obama
If there was time for said data to be imput in other polls, I imagine there would of been a change.
It looks like Sandy either convinced a lot of people to go out to vote or took a lot of wind out of Republican sails.
Chris Matthew's crude remarks were probably the correct ones.