New Poll Suggests Presidential Race May Be Tightening

A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey of likely voters was released today and Barack Obama's five-point lead is down from the eight-point edge he held over John McCain when the poll was last conducted two weeks ago. One explanation for Senator McCain's increase is the drop in the number of people that think a McCain presidency will be a third term of Bush's policies. Questioning was conducted Friday through Sunday, so any bump from Colin Powell's endorsement of Sen. Obama yesterday is not fully evident.