RASMUSSEN PUTS KERRY AHEAD

Even though the new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll puts Bush up by 5%, the daily Rasmussen tracking poll now has Kerry in the lead for the first time since August. Once again I admonish everyone to remember that single polls can be thrown out if they don't seem to match any of the other polls. One should stay focused on the trend. Everything seems to be trending SLIGHTLY toward Bush. Rasmussen's sample may have been skewed. We'll watch this one through the remainder of the week. If it continues to show a Kerry lead, or oscillates between Bush up two, even, and Kerry up two, then we can come to some conclusions.