Research 2000 Missouri: Obama 48, McCain 43; as National Polls dance...

What good are National polls so many months ahead of the election.... a very odd thing has happened this week.  Rasmussen and Gallup have Flipped essentially, with Rasmussen showing the race 47% Obama, 46% McCain for the first time in ages.  Gallup meanwhile has Obama at a significant lead of 48%, 42%.  And Newsweek proved they simply can't be trusted, and after reweighing their Party ID, show Obama dropping to +3 from +15 all the while laughably asking in the right up what happened (You weighed your poll weird Newsweek!)...

The poll that has my eye this morning is a breaking RS2000 Poll of Missouri, a state that's been super tough for Obama by most recent surveys.

By significant margins, the 800 likely voters polled last week said they trust the expected Democratic presidential nominee more than his Republican rival, John McCain, when it comes to tackling many of the nation's domestic troubles.

A majority gave higher marks to McCain only when it comes to handling the war on terrorism.

Pollster Del Ali says that backdrop largely explains why those polled slightly preferred Obama over McCain, 48 percent to 43 percent. The remaining 9 percent were undecided.

But Ali said Republicans should be far more concerned about Obama's lead of 16 percentage points when respondents were asked which man could better handle the economy. Those polled also preferred Obama by similar or larger margins on other domestic matters, including global warming, gas prices and health care.

Some much needed good news to provide sanity in the midst of these strange national polls...