What impact will Colin Powell's endorsement have?

[JCL]

Originally Posted by FSETH

By the way, the Rasmussen Report Daily Presidential Tracking Poll also suggests that the race may be tightening (just a hiar).

From reading the results and analysis, I understood that some national polls will show McCain closing but that it won't necessarily help him. The state by state results apparently don't show the same trend. The logic used was that he has been campaigning in states he has a lead in, to hold on to them. The suggestion was that he has strengthened his numbers (in a defensive move) but it won't help him overall, that he has too steep a hill to climb.

Or all that could be wrong.