{"id":2481,"date":"2012-04-13T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T01:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/little-leo.com\/liveblog\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2012-04-13T01:00:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T01:00:58","slug":"ron-paul-only-candidate-able-to-defeat-obama-in-new-poll-edges-out-obama-while-romney-suffering-from-obamas-enthusiasm-gap-at-best-ties-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/little-leo.com\/liveblog\/ron-paul-only-candidate-able-to-defeat-obama-in-new-poll-edges-out-obama-while-romney-suffering-from-obamas-enthusiasm-gap-at-best-ties-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"RON PAUL Only Candidate Able to Defeat Obama in New Poll Edges out Obama while Romney, suffering from Obama\u2019s enthusiasm gap, at best ties Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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For Immediate Release:<\/strong>\u00a0April 12, 2012
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Ron Paul Only Candidate Able
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Edges out Obama while Romney, suffering from
\nObama\u2019s enthusiasm gap, at best ties Obama<\/em><\/div>\n

LAKE JACKSON, Texas\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a02012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul again polls better against President Barack Obama in a head-to-head matchup than establishment-choice moderate Mitt Romney, according to a poll released today from\u00a0Rasmussen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The poll notes that in a general election matchup, the 12-term Congressman from Texas edges out Obama by 1 percentage point, 44 to 43 percent. The survey also notes that in a hypothetical 2012 head-to-head, Obama and Romney are tied at 45 percent, which bodes poorly for Republicans being urged to believe the race is over, only to later experience buyer\u2019s remorse.<\/p>\n

The poll also finds that this far into Obama\u2019s first term, 40 percent of voters respond that they \u201cstrongly disapprove\u201d and 27 percent \u201cstrongly approve\u201d of his performance.\u00a0 With a Presidential Approval Index of -13 points, it is noteworthy that some Republicans are seemingly settling on a candidate no more popular than the President, suggesting an establishment liberal Democrat is no more popular than a establishment liberal Republican.\u00a0 The Rasmussen poll may be prescient in showing a general election scenario of confusion among voters over which candidate has the\u00a0least<\/em>\u00a0liberal record.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that other candidates presenting themselves as the \u2018conservative\u2019 alternative to Mitt Romney have stepped aside, the numbers are clear.\u00a0 Ron Paul is the only conservative able to garner the enthusiasm, resources, and votes required to win in November.\u00a0 Voters perceive the contrast, and are ready to elect the candidate who will end the status quo and Restore America Now,\u201d said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.<\/p>\n

Rasmussen\u2019s daily tracking results are collected from 1,500 Likely Voters and have a +\/- 3 percentage point error margin.\u00a0 To view the poll release online, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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