NPR, national: Romney in the lead

[ajb]

Obama up, 50-46, in the twelve battleground states. And yes, it's kind of silly to measure them all at once, but isn't it actually even sillier to throw the other 38 states in?
(CO, FL, IA, MI, NV, NH, NM, NC, OH, PA, VA, and WI)

[ajb]

Obama up, 50-46, in the twelve battleground states. And yes, it's kind of silly to measure them all at once, but isn't it actually even sillier to throw the other 38 states in?
(CO, FL, IA, MI, NV, NH, NM, NC, OH, PA, VA, and WI)

Michigan and New Mexico probably skew that quite a bit. Why would anyone count either of them, especially New Mexico, as swing states this late in the game?

NM is pretty tiny, so it won't have much influence on the average. PA and MI, of course, will, but still it's hard to get a lead for Obama across that collection of states if he's behind in all of CO/FL/NC/OH/VA/WI. And he doesn't need much from that group...