I have noticed that as well. It's been going on for about 2 weeks now.
And your analysis of the Independent vote is right on. It is the key to this election. So expect the MSM to start lying more and more about it as we move into the final weeks of the election cycle.
This poll was from a little over a week ago:
Polls show Romney soars with independent voters
EXCERPT:
a figure buried in the report shows Romney leading Obama among likely independent voters, 54 percent to 40 percent.
Both Democrats and Republicans believe independents will be critical to deciding the outcome of the election, in part because they make up a growing part of the electorate and are considered up for grabs because they fluctuate in their political preferences from one election to the next.
“That’s a significant lead,” said pollster Ron Faucheux.
It was the independent vote that helped Obama win the 2008 election. He won 52 percent of independents, compared with 44 percent for McCain. Independents comprised about 33 percent of the overall vote in 2008.
“If Romney can beat Obama among independents this time, he can win the election.”