There's a lot of consternation in conservative circles regarding the trending poll numbers in the presidential race.
Nationally, some polls show the race between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama to be extremely close. But that's not the case in the key battleground states. The results released Tuesday night by Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News regarding the races in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania show the president with his biggest leads yet.
The polls show Obama 10 points ahead of Romney in Ohio (53-43), nine points in Florida (53-44), and 12 points in Pennsylvania (54-42).
A couple thoughts about these polls, especially the one taken in Florida.
First, there has been a lot of discussion this campaign season about the methodology of pollsters when it comes to likely voters. Conservatives argue that pollsters should not rank the percentage of sure-fire Obama supporters — such as blacks and young voters — as participating as much as they did in 2008, which is what's giving Obama (they contend) artificial points in some of these surveys.
