TRACKERS

Posted at Posted at 1:27 p.m. ET

Now we're talking.  Both of our usual trackers for Saturday have now been posted, with the second happier than the first.

As reported earlier, Rasmussen shows Obama up by three.  He was up two yesterday.  Not good.

But Gallup now reports Obama up only two.  He was up four yesterday, and up eight on Tuesday.  A smile starts to form.  Gallup says:

This includes a strong night for McCain in Friday's interviewing, the first full night of interviewing following his acceptance speech.

And...

The test for McCain will be whether he can do more than return the race to the absolute tie seen at the beginning of the convention period, and actually lead Obama by a significant margin for the first time since late April/early May.

So far, so good.  The entire impact of the GOP convention will first show up in Monday's result.  But we're in very competitive territory, especially with the possibility that tomorrow's result, and Monday's, could show further McCain gains.  That is our hope.

September 6, 2008.