There were an annoying number of polls released today, making today's rating a little difficult. Certainly, there were good numbers for both sides. On balance though, the trend in many polls was slightly towards Romney, so today as a whole is slightly worse than the status quo.
There were about 15 national polls out today, including trackers. As Nate Cohn from The Republic points out, if you average all these polls, it's pretty much tied. Some tracking polls (like Gallup) moved slightly to Obama, and others (IBD/TIPP, Reuters) moved slightly to Romney. The reason Romney's overall status improved is because, generally, he got more favorable results in this round of national polls than he did in these same firms' previous polls. For example, he gained 3 points in the GWU/Battleground poll relative to last week, and gained 2 points in the new ABC/Washington Post poll relative to last week. These movements could be considered random noise, but when it's shown across many different polls, we at least have to consider that it could be a pattern.
State polls painted a slightly more favorable picture for the President. We woke up to the good news from CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac (which has a Democratic lean this cycle) showing Obama up 5. I also loved seeing the UNH poll which shows Obama up 9 in the Granite State, though that particular poll is somewhat volatile. Plus, if Obama was really ahead in NH, he probably wouldn't be campaigning there this Saturday.
We'll see if the third debate moves the polls, but I have my doubts. For one, the debate is on foreign policy, which is not a big issue for most people in this election. Also, my instinct is that unless the debate is a blowout for one candidate or another, views are pretty baked in at this point, but I could be wrong.
As for me, I'll be watching Game 7 of the NLCS instead. Go Giants!