If you cast out the outlier, Obama is up by 3.5%
Of course, none of this really means much at this point in the game.
I just think it's fun to point out how much of an outlier Rasmussen is, as he is just about all the time.
I have watched polls for many years. In the last dozen years Rasmussen consistently polls 2 to 4 points in favor of the right wing in comparison with other pollsters. Not always mind you but enough to make you wonder.
Take a look at the historic polling on RCP and see if you agree.
Rasmussen takes 'strongly for' and subtracts 'strongly against' and that's their final result. Everbody in the middle is discarded. Kick ass methodology, huh?