A new Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll, which was released today, has some very good news in it:

With less than two weeks before the November 4 election, Obama leads McCain 52 percent to 40 percent among likely voters in the latest three-day tracking poll, which had a margin of error of 2.9 points.

The biggest part of this is coming from Independents now going more for Obama:

And independent voters, who have been the target of intense campaign efforts by both sides, have now swung behind Obama by a 30-point margin, 59 percent to 29 percent.

That margin is huge and I wonder how much of it is reflective of Powell’s endorsement.

This is possible the most telling set of numbers:

Obama holds a 6-point lead among men, 48 percent to 42 percent, while white voters — who had been among McCain’s core support groups — now only back McCain by a 2-point margin.

McCain’s finding out the hard way that this nation isn’t full of a bunch of racists like McCain wants. People worry more about leadership and the direction of the country than they do skin color.