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Polls: Obama up 5 points in MI; no change in PA, leads by 6 points.
Poll: Obama Opens Up 5-Point Lead In Michigan
President Barack Obama's lead in Michigan has inched up to 5 points, a new poll released Thursday shows.
Obama leads MItt Romney, 49 percent to 44 percent, among likely Michigan voters in the latest automated survey from in-state pollster, Mitchell Research & Communications. Mitchell's previous two polls showed a dead heat between Obama and Romney in the state. Obama clung to a 1-point edge in the June survey, while Romney led by the same minuscule margin last month.
The latest poll, conducted on Monday, shows that Romney's selection of Paul Ryan has had no immediate impact on the race in Michigan. Obama's lead remains the same even when the names Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden are included in the survey question.
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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-obama-opens-up-5-point-lead-in
President Barack Obama's lead in Michigan has inched up to 5 points, a new poll released Thursday shows.
Obama leads MItt Romney, 49 percent to 44 percent, among likely Michigan voters in the latest automated survey from in-state pollster, Mitchell Research & Communications. Mitchell's previous two polls showed a dead heat between Obama and Romney in the state. Obama clung to a 1-point edge in the June survey, while Romney led by the same minuscule margin last month.
The latest poll, conducted on Monday, shows that Romney's selection of Paul Ryan has had no immediate impact on the race in Michigan. Obama's lead remains the same even when the names Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden are included in the survey question.
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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-obama-opens-up-5-point-lead-in
That's a right leaning-poll.
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The Presidential Election in Pennsylvania
President Obama has led Mitt Romney in every Franklin & Marshall College Poll since August 2011 (see Figure 1). The president currently leads Romney among registered voters in Pennsylvania 44% to 38% with 15% undecided. Allocating voters who lean to a candidate produces a similar advantage for the president, 47% to 42%, but shows that 7% of voters are truly undecided. President Obama leads in most regions of the state, including Philadelphia, Allegheny County, the southwest and southeast, and he has comfortable leads among young voters, non-whites and women (see Attachment A). Mitt Romney holds an advantage among working-class whites.
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https://edisk.fandm.edu/FLI/keystone/pdf/keyaug12_1.pdf
The Presidential Election in Pennsylvania
President Obama has led Mitt Romney in every Franklin & Marshall College Poll since August 2011 (see Figure 1). The president currently leads Romney among registered voters in Pennsylvania 44% to 38% with 15% undecided. Allocating voters who lean to a candidate produces a similar advantage for the president, 47% to 42%, but shows that 7% of voters are truly undecided. President Obama leads in most regions of the state, including Philadelphia, Allegheny County, the southwest and southeast, and he has comfortable leads among young voters, non-whites and women (see Attachment A). Mitt Romney holds an advantage among working-class whites.
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https://edisk.fandm.edu/FLI/keystone/pdf/keyaug12_1.pdf
Here's the trendline chart:
This is why Mitt is in a panic
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021139434
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Anyone up for a little panicking?
I'm a guy, I just assumed everyone else was too.
No change in PA? Does it matter. Republicans just stole that state! 
...this doesn't jibe with the post-Ryan news coverage, in which the only polls to be cited are ones showing the GOP ticket drawing even or pulling ahead!
