Poll shows Obama ahead of Romney in swing-state Virginia

[cal04]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/209359-poll-obama-ahead-of-romney-in-swing-state-virginia

A new poll shows President Obama pulling ahead of Mitt Romney in the key state of Virginia.

Obama wins the support of 47 percent of registered voters surveyed to Romney's 43 percent, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=1700

The survey marks a turnaround for the president. A December 21 poll by Quinnipiac showed Romney edging Obama 44 percent to 42 percent.

"For the first time since Quinnipiac University began polling Virginia voters on the race, President Barack Obama holds a razor-thin lead over Gov. Mitt Romney," said Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Assistant Director Peter A. Brown in a release.

[Pab Sungenis]

1. It's still too early.

A lot can happen in nine months.

Get out there and keep campaigning hard. Don't take any state, even the deep blue ones, for granted, please.

Even when we're three points up we should be fighting like we're two points behind.

[ProSense]

2. Well,

"For the first time since Quinnipiac University began polling Virginia voters on the race, President Barack Obama holds a razor-thin lead over Gov. Mitt Romney," said Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Assistant Director Peter A. Brown in a release.

...woo hoo!

[FSogol]

3. K & R. n/t

[Broderick]

4. Good news from this side of the country.

It is swinging back.

[HillWilliam]

5. Don't count NC out yet, either

The best thing for the Democrats has been our brief flout with a teapot legislature. Make sure to hit the primaries, fellow Tarheels. In addition to retaining the governor's mansion, there's Amendment One to defeat soundly.