Gallop poll today...

[cheriemedium59]

President Obama's lead goes up 49-46 RV and approval at 48-46.

[geek tragedy]

1. Obama leads in RV, trails in LV nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I'm Hoping The RV-LV Gap Closes To The Historical Norm Of Two

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[geek tragedy]

18. Above all, Obama has to project optimism and confidence on Tuesday.

That's 95% of it.

[mgcgulfcoast]

7. yea

no change at all in likely voters.

[MjolnirTime]

11. Mitt's not going to win, no matter how much you'd like that. Sorry Repigs!

[progressivebydesign]

36. Likely Voters is manufactured by pollsters, based on OLD models. nt

[Maximumnegro]

2. Romney has hit bottom

The GOP Florida clusterf*ck yesterday created the illusion of him being viable because he ahs to get FL just to stay in the game. The GOP went full bore this week to make their guy seem viable and the media is all in because of ratings and Mitt-love. No Senate seats have been jeapardized.

America wants Obama to close.

[AlinPA]

20. Do you mean he reached his peak? Bottom to me means he won't go lower.

[Generic Brad]

27. Bottoms up, perhaps?

[Maximumnegro]

28. LOL. Er, I meant hit his peak. See

I can't even say anything positive about Romney.

[mgcgulfcoast]

3. LV romney +2 no change

polls arent moving.

[MjolnirTime]

9. That's what you think.

[Dawson Leery]

4. Where are the trolls to tell us how bad this is?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. I Think One Is In This Thread

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[FBaggins]

22. It doesn't take a troll... it IS bad news.

This is a seven-day rolling average. Today's poll represents last night's polling (the first full day after the VP debate) replacing the data from last Friday (thought to be Romney's single best day).

If the needle didn't move appreciably (and some movement can be hidden in rounding)... then we have a problem. Yesterday today were supposed to be the days that proved that romney's bounce was really just a fading blip.

It isn't "call your friends in Europe and ask if you can move in with them in January" bad... it's just worrisome.

[Savannahmann]

8. Great, now if only the popular vote mattered.

Real Clear Politics has the President up by a lousy twenty electoral votes. 201 to 181. The state polling isn't looking good, and we need to get serious about that instead of trying to make ourselves feel better about where we are.

[still_one]

13. It hasn't been factored in yet, by Monday you will see that move also in our direction /nt

[Democratopia]

14. As long as Nevada, Iowa and Ohio stay blue, let Romney win the popular vote

[RedSpartan]

15. This.

[still_one]

10. It is just starting wait till Monday, and then wait until after Tuesday. The more people find out

about what the republicans stand for the better it will get

[mvd]

12. Seems to have leveled off on Romney momentum. I think..

Obama will make gains the next couple days, and for sure will take the lead with a better debate.

[RichGirl]

32. I agree with you.....

Everyone needs to relax!

[ModLibCentrist]

16. I'm With Savanna

Lets quit telling ourselves everything will be ok and start taking these gains seriously. I'd say that Gallup was one of the worst pollers in the 08 final results but that would probably incite further attacks of me being a troll.

[Democratopia]

17. You are right. This is a very serious situation. Everything depends on the debates.

[Fringe]

19. I think everything depends on getting out the vote, and voter involvement and not on the debates.

First, I think Romney is losing his bounce, many of the polls that had Romney ahead after the debate are down to 1 or tied.

Also, keep in mind, Gallup and Rasmussen have been like twins during most of this year, showing Obama with lower numbers even while Reuters, Pew and other posters had much higher numbers, and I personally think Rasmussen is pure trash.

They tend to play with their numbers until close to election day except in states like Indiana, Florida, and Ohio, they lied right up to the very end in 2008.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/oh/ohio_mccain_vs_obama-400.html

Click on boxes to the right of the page to reveal poll numbers for each state in 2008

Second.......

[Fringe]

21. Second....

Now back to what matters! What matters is people getting involved! That is what made Obama's campaign in 2008

If you can't volunteer the traditional way,

Get on Forums like yahoo and Youtube and make comments and sway opinion that is what the right is doing. Instead of sleeping, we ALL need to get busy.

[lalalu]

35. Agree

[Cal33]

23. In addition to getting out the vote, don't forget about election frauds. The Repubs. are making it

nation-wide. It will be massive!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

25. Yes, the media want you to to believe that debates matter

brainwashing. See how the GOP media set up the 1st debate?

[lalalu]

33. They were liars in 2008 and they are still liars

Also, my understanding is they have teamed with Strategic which is another bunch of liars.

[RichGirl]

34. Debates are important....but I think Romney going down....

Has more to do with his lying and unexplained plans than it does with any debate.

[oswaldactedalone]

30. Ridiculous to think

that the debates don't matter. If Obama chokes like he did the first time, it's over. He tried to be positive while pointing out no Robme negatives and got defined as weak. Now, he has to come on strong, call Robme out for his flip-flops, and explain why Robme's policies are a disaster.

If he fails to do this, then he has let progressives and America down.

[Pokoyo]

24. GOTV. we're gonna win this!

Polls change from one day to the other. Plus we're ahead in early voting.

[graham4anything]

26. You are writing a positive, so put it in the title headline.

[Democratopia]

29. Let Romney win the popular vote, all that matters is electoral college votes.

[ProSense]

31. Romney is not going to win either.

The President's numbers are going up in every state, blue and red.

[TroyD]

38. 'The President's numbers are going up in every state, blue and red.'

Isn't it more accurate to say they are going up in some and down in others?

[JackN415]

37. Frankly, I doubt their LV model and sampling

I personally chatted with a few who rarely vote, or are first-time voters. They do plan to vote, but unlikely to be accounted as LV. It doesn't take much, just a few percent error to swing the result.

But who cares? GOTV is the ultimate deciding factor. Why worry about something dubious and we have no control?