Knight Ridder Scoop: Undecideds May Be Key to Election

Hard to believe, but the intrepid reporters at Knight-Ridder make a compelling case:

WASHINGTON - There are only about 2.6 million of them, but they could hold the future of the nation in their hands. They are the undecideds, voters who haven't firmly made up their minds between George W. Bush and John Kerry. If this year's election is as close as expected, they are likely to decide it.

Who knew?

You know what else this election may turn on? Whoever gets more votes.

The above article requires registration-- you have to prove that you have a sub-70 IQ to access it. (Actually, I found a registration-free link on FreeRepublic; you can freely access the article now.)

Update: Turns out there's some fresh news -- and bad news -- in the article:

Nationally, a large Zogby/Williams poll of 20,900 voters found Kerry leads Bush by 50.8 percent to 46.7 percent among likely voters, with only 2.4 percent undecided or so soft in their support of either candidate that they could easily change. That survey had an error margin of plus or minus less than 1 percentage point.

Of course, that's Zogby.