Is Mitt Romney taking over in key swing states?

Fresh polls show a post-debate bounce in several battlegrounds, mirroring Mitt's impressive improvement nationwide

Mitt Romney and his wife Ann campaign in Apopka, Fla., on Oct. 6.
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The latest polls suggest that Mitt Romney's post-debate surge is spreading to some of the big swing states expected to decide the November election. NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist surveys released Thursday show Romney pulling narrowly ahead of President Obama in Virginia, catching up to him in Florida, and closing Obama's lead to six percentage points in Ohio, which some consider a make-or-break contest for Romney. Quinnipiac/CBS News/New York Times polls show Romney edging ahead in Colorado, and gaining in Wisconsin. Bottom line: "Obama has lost his advantage across the electoral map," says Grace Wyler at Business Insider. Suffolk University pollster David Paleologos is now so certain Romney will sweep Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina that he has stopped polling in those states. Is Romney now the frontrunner in these key battlegrounds, or are pundits prematurely writing off Obama?

Romney looks awfully strong: Almost all the new battleground polling "looks bad for Barack Obama," says Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. In fact, his prospects might be even be worse than they look. NBC's survey was "ridiculously tilted toward Democrats," giving them an 11-percentage point turnout advantage in Ohio when in reality Republicans outnumbered them at the polls in 2010. Regardless, the trend is clear: In swing states, undecided voters are finally making up their minds, and they're going for Romney.

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