If this poll has already been diaried, somebody let me know and I'll delete it. However, I ran a quick serach and couldn't find anything.
So take this all for what's it's worth.
In Colorado, Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by seven percentage points, 49% to 42%. However, when leaners are included, McCain is more competitive and pulls to within three points, 50% to 47%.
A month ago, the race was a toss-up, but two months ago Obama led by six.
Rasmussen CO Poll: This telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports July 21, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
http://rasmussenreports.com/...
Considering the Ohio numbers Rasmussen released today, the CO ones may seem odd. Then again, I suppose anything is possible this year. As for me, I take these all with a grain of salt.
Here is one difference I noted between CO and OH:
In Colorado, Obama now attracts the votes from 87% of Democrats, that up ten points over the past month. McCain earns the vote from 88% of Republicans, a six-point gain over the past month. Among unaffiliated voters, Obama leads by just four points. That’s down from seventeen points a month ago.
McCain is supported by 88% of Republicans and Obama earns the vote from 74% of Democrats. Both candidates gain three points from within their own party when leaners are included. However, McCain’s lead among unaffiliated voters jumps from a nine-point advantage without leaners to twenty-three points with leaners.
Anyway, as we know these polls are just something to look at. I don't think they carries much more weight than that at this point in the game. Its July, and being up by 7 in CO and down by 10 in OH just seems off to me. But we'll see.