Polls For Monday, October 8th

General Election: Romney vs. Obama	Pew Research	Obama 45, Romney 49	Romney +4
General Election: Romney vs. Obama	Politico/GWU/Battleground	Obama 49, Romney 48	Obama +1
General Election: Romney vs. Obama	Gallup Tracking*	Obama 47, Romney 47	Tie
General Election: Romney vs. Obama	Gallup Tracking*	Obama 50, Romney 45	Obama +5
General Election: Romney vs. Obama	Rasmussen Tracking	Obama 48, Romney 48	Tie
Pennsylvania: Romney vs. Obama	Susquehanna	Obama 47, Romney 45	Obama +2
Colorado: Romney vs. Obama	Rasmussen Reports	Obama 49, Romney 48	Obama +1
Virginia: Romney vs. Obama	PPP (D)	Obama 50, Romney 47	Obama +3
Iowa: Romney vs. Obama	Rasmussen Reports	Obama 49, Romney 47	Obama +2
Massachusetts: Romney vs. Obama	Western NE University	Obama 63, Romney 33	Obama +30
Wisconsin Senate - Thompson vs. Baldwin	PPP (D)	Baldwin 49, Thompson 46	Baldwin +3
Florida Senate - Mack vs. Nelson	WeAskAmerica	Nelson 44, Mack 44	Tie
Florida Senate - Mack vs. Nelson	Rasmussen Reports	Nelson 52, Mack 41	Nelson +11
Virginia Senate - Allen vs. Kaine	PPP (D)	Kaine 51, Allen 44	Kaine +7
Ohio Senate - Mandel vs. Brown	WeAskAmerica	Brown 46, Mandel 44	Brown +2
Generic Congressional Vote	Politico/GWU/Battleground	Republicans 45, Democrats 46	Democrats +1
President Obama Job Approval	Politico/GWU/Battleground	Approve 50, Disapprove 48	Approve +2
President Obama Job Approval	Gallup	Approve 51, Disapprove 44	Approve +7
President Obama Job Approval	Rasmussen Reports	Approve 51, Disapprove 49	Approve +2
Obama and Democrats' Health Care Plan	Rasmussen Reports*	For/Favor 39, Against/Oppose 54	Against/Oppose +15
Direction of Country	Politico/GWU/Battleground	Right Direction 39, Wrong Track 54	Wrong Track +15
Obama: Favorable/Unfavorable	Pew Research	Favorable 49, Unfavorable 48	Favorable +1
Romney: Favorable/Unfavorable	Pew Research	Favorable 50, Unfavorable 46	Favorable +4
Obama: Favorable/Unfavorable	Politico/GWU/Battleground	Favorable 52, Unfavorable 45	Favorable +7
Romney: Favorable/Unfavorable	Politico/GWU/Battleground	Favorable 47, Unfavorable 47	Tie

A ton of new polls today and they make the election look even more muddy.

The two Gallup polls should be noted first as the one that is the tie is from the three days after the debate whole the one that shows the president 5 points ahead is a 7 day tracking poll.

I'm still stunned that both Rasmussen and Gallup have the president's approval rating above 50 percent. That makes no sense at considering the poor debate performance.

The battleground states look like they are still hanging in there for the president. Iowa, in particular, has been solid Obama for awhile now and with the latest being a Rasmussen poll, it's like more like +4 or +5 Obama because they don't figure in cel phone users.

The Pew Research Poll really shows the effects of the debate and the enthusiasm gap. The key to a decisive victory for the president is to get out the vote. He does that and he wins just be sheer demographics.

More Senate polls that show how it's nearly hopeless that the GOP is going to take back the Senate.