"Larry Jacobs, the director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute, believes the July poll is a more accurate reflection of where Minnesota stands.
"I don't find it implausible," Jacobs said of McCain's apparent gains in Minnesota. "I think other polls will move in that direction.
Real Clear Politics, which calculates an average of all the polls taken in the presidential race, puts Obama's lead at 5.3 percent in Minnesota.
But the important thing to remember, as everyone always points out, is that polls are just snapshots, and this is just July.
"At this point, no poll is meant to be a predictor of what will happen in November," Richards said.
He reminded me that, in 1988 and 2004, polls said Michael Dukakis and John Kerry, respectively, would be the next president.
The next Quinnipiac poll will likely come out after the political conventions in early September. On the political clock, that's a couple of lifetimes away."