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10.16.12 | Sarah Harnisch

A new poll shows Republican Mitt Romney is gaining ground on President Obama in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania. The new survey, released by Quinnipiac University Tuesday, finds that Romney has closed Obama's lead in the Keystone State to four points, and now trails the president 50 percent to 46 percent, down from a 12-point gap last month. But despite Romney's gains, it remains unlikely that Pennsylvania will move over to the Republican column on November 6. An eleventh-hour push for Pennsylvania would be a costly enterprise for the Romney campaign, and Politico's Alexander Burns reports that Romney's advisors have said they do not plan to make a major push for the state in the remaining weeks leading up to Election Day.