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Obama’s Support Is Slipping, Poll Finds, But His Jobs Plan Is Well Received

President Obama’s support is eroding among elements of his base, and Republicans have not coalesced around a candidate, a New York Times/CBS News poll found.

 

Slipping Bachmann seeks jolt for GOP campaign

Republican Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign fell just as quickly as it rose. Now, she's looking to Iowa - at the expense of other early voting states - to get back on track....

 

Rick Perry seen easier for Obama to beat

Rick Perry seen easier for Obama to beat

White House hopeful Rick Perry has at least some supporters in the Democratic stronghold of Chicago -- President Barack Obama's re-election team.

 

Bachmann wins Iowa straw poll as Perry looms

Bachmann wins Iowa straw poll as Perry looms

Michele Bachmann captured the famed Iowa straw poll in Ames Saturday, reaching a high-profile benchmark in her meteoric rise to a top-tier presidential candidate.

 

Gingrich campaign off to bad start, looks forward

Gingrich campaign off to bad start, looks forward

Hardly the start he'd hoped for, Newt Gingrich's first week as a presidential candidate has been riddled with missteps that have angered many of his fellow Republicans and exposed campaign vulnerabilities....

 

Obama mocks Trump's presidential ambitions

Obama mocks Trump's presidential ambitions

President Barack Obama exacted his revenge Saturday after weeks of attacks from his would-be Republican challenger Donald Trump, joking that the billionaire businessman could bring change to the White House, transforming it from a stately mansion into a tacky casino with a whirlpool in the garden.

 

GOP insiders embrace Trump's presidential bid

GOP insiders embrace Trump's presidential bid

Out with Sarah. In with The Donald. President Barack Obama has launched his re-election bid in a low-key manner, but the Republican Party's search for a challenger seems stranger by the day.

 

Lack of primary competition gives Obama an edge

With no serious challenges for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2012, the president can target the independent voters crucial to victory, while his Republican rivals must move right to win their party's nomination.

 

Survey shows Obama in tough re-election fight

Survey shows Obama in tough re-election fight

Republicans Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee hold a slight lead over President Barack Obama in a new poll of Florida residents on next year's presidential election. If the election were held now, 48 percent said they would vote for Romney while 43 percent preferred Obama. Huckabee was favored 49 percent to 44 percent in the same matchup. The two former governors were the only Republicans leading the incumbent president in a survey of 800 likely voters taken between April 4 and April 7 by Washington-based Mason-Dixon Polling and Research. The random telephone survey, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points was completed the day before Obama and Congress announced their compromise on the federal budget.

 

The Right-Wing War Against Sarah Palin

The Right-Wing War Against Sarah Palin

Over the last few weeks, Washington conventional wisdom has begun to coalesce around the idea that Sarah Palin won't run for president. A number of news outlets and commentators have pointed out that she isn't doing the sorts of things that serious candidates usually do at this point in the calendar, hiring veteran staffers in the key early primary states, visiting those states regularly, and delivering speeches that begin to lay one's "vision" for the country. Roger Ailes of Fox News pointedly did not suspend her contract, as he did those of two other candidates, because, he said, she has given no sign that she is planning a campaign.

 

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