no, he was losing ground after the wright controversy, and now he is back up to where he was before the speech.
ergo, his speech is helping him catch back up.
No, he lost ground from yesterday.
Yesterday Obama was ahead by 5 points, and today by 3 points.
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_conte nt/politics/election_20082/daily_preside ntial_tracking_polling_history
one day movement does not a trend make ~ his numbers are effectively the same since he dropped last week, while clinton has dropped. if anything, you could say that the speech staunched the bleeding so far.
diary this again next friday and we can examine real data.
besides, gallup had hillary up 7, and now only 5 so what does that mean??
And now up 2. ;)