Ahead Of First Debate, NPR Poll Shows Romney Within Striking Distance

I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App:

Ahead Of First Debate, NPR Poll Shows Romney Within Striking Distance
by Mara Liasson

NPR - October 3, 2012

The latest poll by NPR and its bipartisan polling team [pdf] shows President Obama with a 7-point lead among likely voters nationally and a nearly identical lead of 6 points in the dozen battleground states where both campaigns are spending most of their time and money....

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/03/162171197/on-eve-of-first-debate-npr-poll-shows-romney-within-striking-distance?sc=17&f=1001