Quinnipiac '12 Poll: Obama tied or leading all major GOP candidates [View All]

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(Not bad considering all the pundits who say that '10 was such a huge set-back for Obama. It's certainly not like Ronald Reagan running 8-points behind Walter Mondale in the Jan 1983 Gallup Poll) If Obama is tied or leading all the major republicans now and the economy continues to improve he will be in a strong position in 2012):

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/11/22/palin_runs_worst_against_obama.html


Palin Runs Worst Against Obama
Although Sarah Palin thinks she could beat President Obama in the 2012 presidential election, a new Quinnipiac poll finds the president leading a potential match up by eight points, 48% to 40%.

In other trial heats, Mitt Romney edges Obama, 45% to 44%, while the president edges Mike Huckabee, 46% to 44%, and beats Mitch Daniels (R), 46% to 36%.

Said pollster Peter Brown: "At this point, former Alaska Gov. Palin runs the worst against President Obama. Daniels is essentially a generic Republican because of his anonymity to most voters. Obama only gets 45% against him while he gets 48% against Ms. Palin. She is very unpopular among independents and although she recently said she thought she could defeat Obama, the data does not now necessarily support that assertion."

Key finding: Palin is viewed the most negatively by the American people of the possible Republican candidates in 2012. She is viewed unfavorably by 51% of voters and favorably by 36%.