A month ago polling was a filthly liberal media conspiracy to steal Romneys election; now that, for the first time all year, he leads by more than the margin of error in ONE poll, the election "is over." And, of course, Dem partisans who considered polling unassailable when Obama led object to this one; PoliticalWires blurb on it quoted a DailyKos blogger noting "Romney's entire advantage comes from a massive lead in the South. Now sure, some of that may be Florida, but the state-level polling certainly doesn't show that. So Romney is driving up big margins in Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Mississippi and other such presidentially irrelevant states?"

We will see where we are in a weeks time, and where we finish. Gallups poll began at the peak of Romneys first debate surge, on the 10th; one other that began then shows O+3 and one that began the next day shows O+2. The latest three day poll from Rasmussen (which has become notorious for leaning more Republican than elections) shows R+1. What is noteworthy about Gallups poll is that it covered and entire week and its sample was more than twice as large as any other save Rasmussens (which also showed a Romney lead, although a single point is far less than the margin of error.)