It’s getting to be that time — the time when newspapers and every news outlet that wants to claim they have some insight publishes polls about one candidate or another.

Yes, we’ve all heard about the poll putting Tom Barrett over both Scott Walker and Mark Neumann in the race for Governor next fall. The reality is that much can happen between now and next November and a poll taken today means little.

So ignore those polls until a month or so before the election. If they show a significant gap between the candidates, they might be a harbinger of things to come. If not, they’re just some pol or some pundit jumping up and down over something that matters little.