It's a slim lead to be sure. But even Democratic leaning Reuters and WaPo/ABC have Romney leading the race with less than two weeks to go.

R 50% O 46%...  Rasmussen
R 50% O 47%...  Gallup
R 49% O 48%... ABC/WaPo
R 47% O 46%...  Reuters

More significantly...

The gender gap is gone:

Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama's 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. And the president, in turn, has largely eliminated Romney's edge among men.

Those churning gender dynamics leave the presidential race still a virtual dead heat, with Romney favored by 47 percent of likely voters and Obama by 45 percent, a result within the poll's margin of sampling error, the survey shows.

After a commanding first debate performance and a generally good month, Romney has gained ground with Americans on a number of important fronts, including their confidence in how he would handle the economy and their impressions of his ability to understand their problems.

At the same time, expectations that Obama will be re-elected have slipped: Half of voters now expect the president to win a second term, down from 55 percent a month earlier.

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A month ago, women favored Obama over Romney on the economy 56 percent to 40 percent. Now, the split has shifted to 49 percent for Romney and 45 percent for Obama.

Similarly, Obama's lead among women as the candidate who better understands the people's problems has narrowed considerably, from a 58-36 Obama advantage last month to a 50-43 Obama edge now.

Monica Jensen, a 55-year-old independent from Mobile, Ala., says she voted for Obama in 2008 but will shift her vote to Romney this time, largely because of the economy.

"I'm ready for a change," she said. "I want to see the economy go in a different direction."

Romney is doing something that has been remarkably difficult for most presidential candidates; he is changing people's minds. This is especially difficult when running against an incumbent, but Romney is doing it. The trends are mostly in his favor, even in swing states. Expect to see his lead widen slowly over the next 10 days.