Condi on the ticket chopped 6 pts off Obama’s lead on both our MI and PA polls over the weekend- real game changer potential there

— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) July 24, 2012

Condi’s favorability rate in Pennsylvania is 60/27 and she nets Romney 6 points on Obama

— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) July 24, 2012

@MSmithsonPB yes

— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) July 24, 2012

Could Rice on the ticket give Romney the White House?

Later today the US pollster, Public Policy Polling, is issuing full details of two state surveys which could have an impact on Mitt Romney’s VP choice.

The firm is very open about the data that is coming in and releases plenty of nuggets on Twitter before the final numbers are published.

Above shows some Tweets, and an answer to a question I put, in relation to state surveys in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

PPP have asked questions that I think are unique so far in this campaign – the effect on voting intention of the VP choice.

As can be seen from the Tweets the polling shows that with the ex-Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, on the ticket Romney would be doing 6% better against Obama in the two states.

Whether these absolute numbers are correct no one knows – but it does point to a trend that the Romney camp will surely take seriously.

I’ve extended my betting position on Rice.

Mike Smithson @MSmithsonPB