Via The Hill:

A new poll shows GOP nominee Mitt Romney cutting into President Obama’s lead in Pennsylvania.

The latest Franklin & Marshall College poll shows Obama with 49 percent support among likely voters to Romney at 45. Obama enjoyed a 9-point lead in the same poll taken last month.

The tight poll numbers come as Romney’s campaign has begun buying airtime in the state, releasing an ad Tuesday attacking Obama’s policies on coal mining.

The Romney campaign is arguing that the state, which has long backed Democrats in presidential contests may be up for grabs. No Republican candidate, though, has carried Pennsylvania since 1988.