In early polling news for the day, some good news and some bad news...

[regnaD kciN]

Since I like to end on a high note, first, the bad news:

Apparently, the Rand tracking poll, which had moved Obama out to a 50-44 lead yesterday, tightened to 49-46. (This was posted in the comments section of DKos's latest Polling Wrap, so no link.)

Now, the good news:

We have a brand new (non-tracking) national poll! It's from the University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant, and also shows Obama in the lead, once again by three points (48-45).

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-president-poll-uconn-courant-20121018,0,6416855.story

I'm sure we'll get plenty more today.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

1. Here's the Rand:

https://mmicdata.rand.org/alp/?page=election#election-forecast

[unc70]

2. Rand tends to have a notch roughly weekly

I don't know if it is just random or the result of something in how they poll their population or in the interplay of external events, but every 6-8 days the rand poll seems to have an up day for Romney. I don't know enough about it to make any conclusion yet.