TRACKERS

Posted at 1:20 p.m. ET

All four trackers are now out for today.  As reported earlier, Battleground has McCain up two.  It was plus one for Mac yesterday.  Rasmussen shows a dead heat.  It was plus one for Obama yesterday.

Now Gallup has Obama up three.  It was plus four for Obama yesterday.

And Hotline has Obama up four.   It was plus five yesterday.

In other words, every poll shows a one-point gain for McCain today.

What does this mean?  Well, it may mean nothing.  Just a statistical fluke.  On the other hand, trackers are normally done over a three-day period, and it's possible that McCain had a good polling day yesterday.

We'll need more polling to come to any conclusion.  The debate is Friday.  I'd love this race to be all tied up again, or with McCain slightly ahead, as the candidates meet.

September 23, 2008.