McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12

[Mr. Morden]

McClatchy-Marist national poll of registered voters:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/10/1967883/poll-obamas-approval-ratings-fall.html

Romney 46%
Obama 44%

Obama 47%
Huckabee 43%

Obama 52%
Palin 40%

Obama job approval: 42%
disapproval: 50%

Romney had the best advantage over the president among independents, preferred by 47-39 percent. Independents break for Obama over Huckabee by 42-40 percent. Palin fares much worse among independents. They favor the president over her by 52-35 percent.

[Oakvale]

That's odd, these kind of polls usually show Huckabee doing the best.

[Yelnoc]

That's a very strong showing for Romney; he is usually just barely above Huckabee in national polls.  Though I don't think we have had a McClatchy-Marist in a while.

[Mr. Morden]

That's odd, these kind of polls usually show Huckabee doing the best.

More often than not yes, but there have also been a few other cases in which Romney did better:

list of national polls

The last PPP national poll, for example, had Obama leading Huckabee by 3, but leading Romney by only 1.

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

How low would Obama have to fall for Palin to have any kind of shot against him? lol.

Unfortunately, I don't think he's going to get her in the end.

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Good to see Obama's approvals falling well in advance of the 2012 primaries.

[Mr.Phips]

Good to see Obama's approvals falling well in advance of the 2012 primaries.

If only this was December 2011.   

[Senator Sbane]

Romney is a better candidate on paper. I have a feeling people are not going to like him much once they see him on TV constantly. He's just so fake.

Huckabee is a much more dangerous candidate, imo.