Czech the Poles

Czech the Poles

With most of Official Washington on nitroglycerin tablets awaiting tonight's D*E*B*A*T*E between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in Denver, there are other things going on.

To start with, those pesky polls are beginning to tighten up again. Remember just about 10 minutes ago how the worldwide cadre of official political pundits, reporters, hangers-on, and operatives said this race was over and Obama could just take a knee for the next five weeks.

Oops.

A new Politico/George Washington University Battleground poll of likely voters shows

"Barack Obama ahead 49 percent to 47 percent, a point closer than a week ago...