Five Points

The latest WaPo poll shows the President up by five points among likely voters.

Good news?

I don't know. After Memogate and Newsweek's Incredible Swinging Sample - which showed the President 11 points ahead after the GOP convention with an oversample of Republicans, dropping to a three point Kerry lead with a significant oversample of Democrats right after the first debate; perhaps a coincidence, but if I were a Kerry sympathizer in the media who wanted to puff up Kerry's reputation as a "Closer", it's be a fine way to start.

Too cynical? I'm starting to think that if you're not cynical about the media, you're not paying attention.