Posted on 07/27/2011 11:23:37 AM PDT by Justaham
This National Journal story focuses on four swing states -- Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all of which Obama won in 2008 -- to buttress its thesis:
In Iowa, where Republican presidential contenders are getting in their early licks against the president, his approval has taken a hit. In a Mason-Dixon poll conducted for a liberal-leaning group, Romney held a lead of 42 percent to 39 percent over the president, with 19 percent undecided. Even hyper-conservative Rep. Michele Bachmann ran competitively against Obama in the Hawkeye State, trailing 47 percent to 42 percent.
In Michigan, a reliably Democratic state that Obama carried with 57 percent of the vote, an EPIC-MRA poll conducted July 9-11 finds him trailing Romney, 46 percent to 42 percent. Only 39 percent of respondents grade his job performance as “excellent” or good,” with 60 percent saying it is “fair” or “poor.”
The July Granite State Poll pegs the president’s approval at 46 percent among New Hampshire voters, with 49 percent disapproving. A separate robo-poll conducted this month by Democratic-aligned Public Policy Polling shows him trailing Romney in the state, 46 percent to 44 percent.
[In] Ohio, a perennial battleground in which Obama has campaigned more than in any other state (outside of the D.C. metropolitan region). Fifty percent of Ohio voters now disapprove of his job performance, compared with 46 percent who approve, according to a Quinnipiac poll conducted from July 12-18. Among Buckeye State independents, only 40 percent believe that Obama should be reelected, and 42 percent approve of his job performance.
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What if the GOP gave in and basically gave him the budget deal he wants -- would that help??
“Governed like a Carter, Beaten like a Mondale”
This country may survive and pull out of one term of 0bama.
Two terms, probably not for a long while.
But, can we survive the dumbing down of the nation that put him there in the first place? Unlikely.
$500M in illegal foreign funds
Union thugs
Public employees
The Rancid Press
Epic voter fraud
Result: Obama 52-47.
Good so we don’t need Mittens.
Nah! President Obama will pile-drive himself right to victory.
not if unemployment is 9-plus % and gas $4/gallon...then again you left off the most important intangible- the GOP screwing themselves...
Clinton and Carter: no longer our worst presidents.
Monica aside, Clinton was one of the better Republican presidents we've had...
Will Hillary Clinton jump into the race?
Not if boner and the republicans keep trying to give him tax funds to buy votes.
That would be more fun to watch than when Kennedy challenged Carter in 1980.
huh?
Perry is going to destory Obama in 2012 by nearly as much as Reagan destroyed Carter.
Then the circle of liberal failure will be complete.
I’ll believe it when they swear in Obama’s replacement and not before. Nobody can pull defeat from victory like the GOP can.
Highly unlikely, but she could waddle in.
It’s 15 months until the next election. A lifetime in politics. Obama is better than 50-50 to win reelection no matter how things look now.
Lord, I hope so!
Look at all the bills Gingrich sent to him that he signed. And he pretty much stayed out of the way of the tech boom. The economy was healthier than during Reagan’s second term.
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