Poll: Obama Losing to Romney, Huck & Newt (but Tied With Palin) 2 hours ago 0 Comments Say Something » Print Text Size EmailMore Matt Lewis A new survey out from Public Policy Polling should give Republicans hope they can defeat President Obama in 2012.
According to the poll, Obama "trails Mitt Romney 46-43, Mike Huckabee 47-45, Newt Gingrich 46-45, and is even tied with Sarah Palin at 46. The only person tested he leads is Jan Brewer, who doesn't have particularly high name recognition on the national level at this point."
Analysis suggests these Republican candidates are polling ahead of Obama because they "lead within independents in every match-up" and because their party is unified around them "to an equal or even greater extent than Democrats are around Obama."
While it is too early for Republicans to take these numbers too seriously, results such as this do have consequences. If Republicans (who are already considering whether to run) honestly believe they have a shot at ousting Obama, expect to see more top-tier challengers emerge.
