Obama has big lead over Repubs (13 pts over Romney) - Reuters/Ipsos poll

[JohnWxy]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/us-usa-campaign-poll-idUSTRE75749V20110608

Obama leads all potential Republican challengers by double-digit margins, the poll showed. He is ahead of his closest Republican rival, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, by 13 percentage points -- 51 percent to 38 percent.

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In the Reuters/Ipsos poll, the other Republican contenders fared even worse than Romney's 13-point gap in a match-up with Obama. Palin trailed Obama by 23 points and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was behind by 19 points.

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The poll, conducted Friday through Monday, surveyed 1,132 adults nationwide by telephone, including 948 registered voters. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.
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[pnwmom]

1. Wow. What a huge difference between that other recent poll,

that put Romney three points ahead among registered voters.

[Maine_Nurse]

2. That's like being promoted to CEO over Moe, Larry, and Curly...

and given the quirks of voters and the election system, Shemp will still probably take out Zero in the election.