Romney edges Obama in Ohio, Florida

Here are a couple more polls that have gotten lost in the shuffle since the Democrats kicked off their convention.

A Gravis Marketing survey shows Mitt Romney actually leading Barack Obama in Ohio, 47%-44%. That's a flip from Obama's pre-GOP convention lead, suggesting that Romney got a Buckeye bounce.

Romney's made gains by cutting the gap among women dramatically -- the president now leads by just 3% with that demo, while Romney holds an 11% lead among men.

Mitt has been making a real move in Ohio over the past month.

Since August, Obama has led twice, Romney has led twice, and both have been tied twice.

That's in stark contrast to most polling this year in the state. Before August, Obama led in 17 of 20 polls in Ohio, stretching back to February.

Obama's lead in the RCP average of polls has now dropped to just .7%.

That's a huge and welcome development for Boston, which absolutely needs the state.

Meanwhile, a Gravis survey of Florida shows Romney clinging to a 48%-47% lead over Obama, which is unchanged since before the GOP convention.

Romney leads by 7% among men, Obama leads by 7% among women.

You know what's fascinating?

Romney was long considered the favorite in Florida and Obama the favorite in Ohio, but since August, the numbers in both Florida and Ohio have been nearly identical.

Obama leads by .7% in the RCP average of Ohio and by .6% in the RCP average of Florida, and note: Both averages include numbers from the Democratic polling group, Public Policy Polling, which has produced some rather dramatic pro-Obama outliers. If you throw out PPP polls, then Romney actually has a slight edge in both states.