Romney Down by One Tenth Of One Percent

Not since before the bruising Republican primary has Mitt Romney led in The Real Clear Politics average of polls. Today Romney was down .1 of 1 percent. For reasons not clear Obama's job approval dropped 5 points in the Rasmussen daily tracking poll from 48 to 43 overnight. The Gallup tracking poll showed a 3 point decline in approval.
As I pointed out in a previous post Romney will now enjoy a huge funding edge. How much did Obama's temporary spending edge help? Karl Rove says, “Between May 15 and July 31st, he spent $111 million on ads out of his campaign war chest, and there was about another $17, $18 million spent by outside groups. The day that this started, the Gallup poll was 45-45. On the 31st of July, it was 46-46.”
Update: As of 9/3 the race is even. The embedded graph will continue to reflect changes in the race daily.