A new Quinnipiac/New York Times/CBS News poll, which shows President Obama handily beating Mitt Romney among likely voters in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, has sparked justifiable concern among some Republicans.  In the wake of that poll, it’s worth comparing the state-by-state polling from Rasmussen Reports, whose polling is perhaps viewed with less skepticism in conservative circles. Unfortunately, only three months and four days away from the most important election at least since the Civil War, Rasmussen confirms that Obama is in the lead. 

If we look at all Rasmussen polling taken in the past month in the ten key swing states (Fla., Ohio, Va., Wis., Penn., Nev., Mich., Colo., Iowa, and N.H.) and fill in the rest of the states as they would be expected to go, the tally as of today would be as follows:  284 electoral votes for Obama, 235 for Romney.  That, of course, would be enough to give Obama another four years.