Among registered voters. Bush has a 9 point lead.
Bush 50
Kerry 41
But don't get to upset. This poll has the same problem the Gallup poll did. Oversampling Republicans. Man. I think that every Republican that gets called chooses to complete these damn polls.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/17/opinion/main644208.shtml
"In most CBS News Polls, Democrats outnumber Republicans among registered voters. Personal identification with a party can change (temporarily or permanently) with events and voting preferences. In many states voters do not register with a party, and individual identification is a matter of choice. In this poll, where the Republicans hold a significant lead in voter preference and more voters hold negative views about Democratic nominee John Kerry, when voters are asked about their partisan identification at the end of the questionnaire, more identify themselves as Republicans. 36 percent say they are Republican, 32 percent Democrats. The percentage that identifies themselves as Democrats in this poll is lower than it has been in CBS News Polls conducted earlier in the year"
So basically this poll has Bush with a 1 or 2 point lead.
http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?file=539428.html
"Kerry's advisers said they thought the lead was probably closer to 2 or 3 percent, while Bush's aides said it was about 5 percent."