It seems as if a lot of stores are breaking street date on this game. I have done preorder midnight launches for a lot of games over the past 5 years and I have never seen any stores releasing a game as much as this game. It must be one hell of a game to be getting released early in so many places

Unless they signed a contract, shops are not obliged to heed the street date.
Obviously mail-order shops need to dispatch it earlier, or you will never ever buy from them again if you get Skyrim on the 12th.
PC-Users can't install the game before release date anyway, so what. If you prefer to stand in the cold at midnight in a line before your next Gamestop, all the power to you. I expect my copy to arrive tomorrow or on thursday and spend the night in my warm comfy bed.