Meanwhile, in Ohio, King of the Swing States

From Poll Tracker:

Two months ago, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, enjoyed a 10-point advantage over his likely Republican challenger in 2010, John Kasich. But now, the two split the vote down the middle, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Nov. 5-9.

Ohio voters see Kasich -- a former congressman (1983-2001) and onetime host of a talk show on the Fox News Channel -- as better able to rebuild the state's economy and handle the budget, the poll found.

The 1,123 Ohio voters who participated in the telephone survey are evenly divided on the governor's race, with Strickland and Kasich each garnering 40 percent of the vote. Strickland's approval rating barely outpaces his disapproval rating, 45 percent to 43 percent, marking his lowest job-performance approval numbers since he took office in 2007.

When asked whether they viewed Kasich favorably or unfavorably, 69 percent of the voters said they didn't know enough about him to have an opinion. Peter Brown, assistant polling director at Quinnipiac University, noted that the numbers "say a lot more about Ted Strickland than they do about John Kasich, because so few Ohioans know that much about him."

Strickland's handling of the state's economy got a thumbs-down from voters: More than half (52 percent) disapprove of what he has been doing, and only 33 percent approve. When asked who would do a better job rebuilding the economy, 41 percent of those surveyed backed Kasich, while Strickland was favored by 33 percent.

The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.