Obama's Convention Bump

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While Mitt Romney seems to have received little or no bump from the GOP convention, so far Obama has seen a positive bump upward in his approval rating.  As Andrew Sullivan notes as follows:

Gallup's tracking poll of Obama's job approval has shifted more dramatically than in a long time - and we won't see the full impact of the DNC - especially Obama's speech - for a while. But Gallup is striking, especially, because, as I've noted before, this election it has tended to be more Republican-leaning than other polls:

A nine point lead yesterday is a ten point lead today. It looks as if the Democrats told a more convincing story than the Republicans. Even Rasmussen, a fully-fledged GOP-leaning outfit, shows Obama's ratings going from 46 - 54 disapprove to 49 - 50 disapprove in the last three days - a big swing toward Obama of seven points.

What does this mean for the race? It's still too early, but it's beginning to look as if the RNC may have brought down the prospects of the Republican nominee. Here's Gallup's tracking poll of the race in August through to today:

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 Obviously, given the two parties different views on the very essence of my life and my loves, I hope Obama and the Democrats continue to move upward.