For Mitt Romney’s campaign, the outlook in the battleground states is even worse than the national polls.
According to a GOP source with access to private polling being done by independent Republican groups (who are spending a lot of money tracking public opinion in the battleground states), Romney is in trouble in two must-win states:
Ohio: Romney down 5 percent.
Virginia: Romney down 4 percent.
Most troubling for Romney: the Ohio trend has been consistent for several weeks and is not a "sugar high” resulting from the Democratic convention.
These internal state-by-state tracking polls show some positive signs for Romney, but nowhere near enough to compensate for Ohio and Virginia. The good news:
In Wisconsin, which Obama won by 14 points, Romney is only down 2 percent, putting the state within reach.
In Nevada, which Obama won by almost 13 points, the race is tied. It is also essentially tied in Colorado and Iowa.
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