"President Obama has widened his lead in the two biggest swing states, Florida and Ohio, according to new polls by The New York Timesand the Washington Post . Obama leads in Ohio by 10 points and in Florida by 9 percentage points.
“In Ohio — which no Republican has won the presidency without — Mr. Obama is leading Mr. Romney 53 percent to 43 percent in the poll,” the Times/CBS Newspoll found. “In Florida, the president leads Mr. Romney 53 to 44 percent in the poll"."