McCain Leads Obama In Latest Poll

For all the hype and "second coming of (fill in the blank)" accolades bestowed upon Barack Obama you wouldn't think he would be trailing the beleaguered GOP's candidate. But John McCain is beating Obama in the latest L.A. Times/ Bloomberg poll 44%-42%. (.pdf results)

It's not the only one showing this surprising result. The recent USA Today/Gallup poll had McCain up 48-47 among likely voters while Rasmussen Reports had it 46-43.

Of course, we also had the recent CBS/New York Times poll with Obama winning by 12 points and an Ipsos/AP poll (.pdf) giving him a 10-point edge. So go figure.