The LA Times has a poll out that shows Kerry leading in a national poll (of course worth nothing due to the Electoral College) 51% to 44% in a two-way race. It seems quite likely though to have oversampled Democrats by quite a bit.

Bush campaign senior advisor Matthew Dowd tells First Read that the poll "is a mess. Bush is leading independents by three, ahead among Republicans by a larger margin than Kerry is ahead among Dems, and we are down by seven. Outrageous. And it gets worse. They have Dems leading generic congressional ballot by 19. This means this poll is too Democratic by 10 to 12 points."

Dowd adds, "Apparently the Los Angeles Times has uncovered a Democratic revolution in this country that has happened in the last ten days."

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And as much as the poll is being touted as good news for Kerry it shows Bush with a double-digit lead in Missouri and even with President Bush in Wisconsin and Ohio. Even a real lead in the national poll does you no good if you're not winning in the battleground states.