Despite running nearly 5-1 ads against Mitt Romney here in Florida, the sate is slipping from Obama’s grasp. The latest Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9/Miami Herald poll conducted by Mason Dixon shows Romney now ahead 51% to Obama’s 44%. Romney’s destruction of Obama at last Wednesday has shifted the race in the Sunshine state.

The survey conducted this week found 51 percent of likely Florida voters supporting Romney, 44 percent backing Obama and 4 percent undecided. That’s a major shift from a month ago when the same poll showed Obama leading 48 percent to 47 percent — and a direct result of what Obama himself called a “bad night” at the first debate.

The debate prompted 5 percent of previously undecided voters and 2 percent of Obama backers to move to Romney. Another 2 percent of Obama supporters said they are now undecided because of the debate.

“There’s no question in my mind that debate made people stand up and pay attention, and it really wiped away any questions people had about Romney, whether they were undecided or soft for Obama,” said Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, which conducted the poll for the Times and its media partners.

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We ran away from other countries in search of a more traditional United States,” said Coral Gables resident Mary Gonzalez, who immigrated from Venezuela. “I think with the current president, the United States moves to (the left). And with Romney, I believe he can return the United States to its traditional course.”

Romney needs to go for the jugular and finish Obama off in Florida so he can focus on The Upper Midwest, Virginia, Colorado and Nevada. Obama is wounded, but not done yet!