Many need to stop over-analyzing. This is not a major difference from the Ras polls from the past 3 days. Allowing daily fluctuations of 1-2 points rule your mood and heart rate will send you to the grave before Nov 6. Simply put, the media will not allow Romney to generate any polling momentum. It is their primary mission, and they have multiple plays in their play book to accomplish it. So gird yourself for 37 more days of polling angst.
The issue is not day to day movement it’s the fact that only a couple of weeks ago Ras had Obama stuck in the 43% to 45% range. Going into Election Day that would be a no brainer win for R&R. If on the other hand he’s truly now in a range of 46% to 48% I, along with others I’m sure, am not resting quite so easy. Still a long way to go with the debates on the horizon that change the dynamics substantially. Bottom line is that it ain’t over by a long shot but I’d feel better if Obama’s support were about 3 points lower.