A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed Obama and the Republican presidential candidate in a dead heat nationally.
Obama was pulling 47 percent, to Romney's 44 percent -- the president's lead fell well within the poll's 3.1 percentage point margin of error.
Still, the poll showed Obama leading 50-42 percent among swing-state residents. The survey interviewed residents in Ohio, Florida and 10 other swing states.
That state of play was echoed in a Quinnipiac University poll of voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The poll showed Obama leading 47 percent to Romney's 38 percent in Ohio, and 45-39 percent in Pennsylvania. Obama was holding onto a narrower lead in Florida, edging out Romney 45 percent to 41 percent
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/.../#ixzz1z2fSkbKA