Real Clear Politics maintains a composite which integrates all the major polls, which tends to smooth out the bumps for those that are biased by their methods one way or another.

For the last few days Obama leads by about four points. Some of the component polls:

RCP Average        08/29 - 09/03        --        47.6        43.2        Obama +4.4
CBS News        09/01 - 09/03        734 RV        42        42        Tie
Gallup Tracking        09/01 - 09/03        2771 RV        49        42        Obama +7
Rasmussen Tracking        09/01 - 09/03        3000 LV        50        45        Obama +5
Hotline/FD        08/29 - 08/31        805 RV        48        39        Obama +9
CNN        08/29 - 08/31        927 RV        49        48        Obama +1


Make no mistake, John is an impressive man--soft spoken but persuasive.

I thought it very classy of him to preamble his remarks with a gesture of respect toward Mister Obama.

But, as with Palin, when the gloves came off, the fight got dirty.

In my book this is not integrity, it is pandering to mass emotion.

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