Good News for McCain in Latest Polls

Polls can mean something or nothing so take this with the usual grain of salt:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that Barack Obama’s Berlin bounce is fading. Obama now attracts 45% of the vote while John McCain earns 42%. When "leaners" are included, it’s Obama 48% and McCain 45%. Both Obama and McCain are viewed favorably by 56% of voters.

One would think with the daily press hummers provided to Obama he'd be up 15-20% but everyone except the compliant media sees the flaws in the guy.

This is even more interesting:

Republican presidential candidate John McCain moved from being behind by 6 points among "likely" voters a month ago to a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama among that group in the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. McCain still trails slightly among the broader universe of "registered" voters. By both measures, the race is tight.

Emphasis mine. Likely voters are a better guage but the sampling is less so, again, take from it what you will. On the plus side, the media must be spinning looking at these numbers with the onslaught of positive press Obama has gotten. Is this yet another example of the declining power of the dead tree media?

H/T: Allahpundit at Hot Air, the best site on the web.