There are a number of folks on the web who consolidate and analyze the polls with an eye towards predicting the outcome. The two that I'm watching this time around are Sam Wang and Drew Linzer. Neither one seems to care if "their guy" wins. I'm not sure either of them even has a guy. They appear to just want people to say, "See? He did the most accurate job of forecasting the vote!" At the moment, both of them have the same numbers for the Electoral College: 341 for Obama, 197 for Romney.
There is much to be learned from their websites about how seriously to take polls and which ones are the most accurate. You might want to check in with these guys from time to time.