Independents Still Dislike Obama

Image by Barack Obama via FlickrAngus Reid:

Public support for President Barack Obama remains low in the United States, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,031 American adults, 40 per cent of respondents (unchanged since September) approve of Obama’s performance as president, while 52 per cent (-1) disapprove.
Obama is unable to reach the 50 per cent mark on approval in any of the country’s four main regions, getting his best numbers in the West (47%). One third of Americans (34%) strongly disapprove of the president’s performance, while 13 per cent strongly approve.

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Food-Drunk Michael Moore Incorrectly States That he is Not in the Top 1%

Image by Bogdan Migulski via FlickrReal Clear Politics:
"No, I'm not. I'm not," Michael Moore said to Piers Morgan after the CNN host asked him to admit that he was in the "one-percent."
"How could I be in the 1%. Listen, I do really well. I do well. But, what's the point though?" Moore said.

Missouri: Obama Supporters Call Black Congressional Candidate an "Uncle Tom N*gger"

Real Clear Politics:
Congressional Candidate, Martin Baker, was subject to racial slurs by Obama supporters in St. Louis, Missouri tonight.

Nebraska: Redistricting Makes Another 2nd-District Win for Obama Almost Impossible

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeNebraska State Paper

Nebraska’s Republican-dominated Legislature succeeded in making it a lot tougher for President Obama to compete for one of Nebraska’s five electoral votes in 2012, according to new poll data. And since the numbers don’t look good, it’s unlikely the president’s campaign would want to spend the money and human resources they poured into the Omaha-centric 2nd District in 2008. Obama obviously has no chance of carrying Nebraska’s statewide vote next year. Even among Democrats his approval rating is only 68 percent.

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Ohio: Joe the Plumber Finally Running for Congress

Joe the Plumber by
Bexar Republican via FlickrPolitico

After the future president was caught on camera telling Wurzelbacher his plan aimed to "spread the wealth around," GOP nominee John McCain seized on the moment and used the exchange to demonstrate his difference with Obama on tax policy.
Wurzelbacher later distanced himself from McCain, saying in 2010 that the Arizona senator "screwed my life up."

This is an interesting district because Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are two incumbent left-wing members of congress who have been thrown into this one district and forced to run against each other. Perhaps if they bloody each other up, Mr. The Plumber will have a chance to win.

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New Hampshire: Romney Leads Cain 38 to 20 in Neighboring State

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads a Harvard-Saint Anselm poll of likely Republican primary voters at 38 percent, 18 points ahead of his nearest competitor.

“He is the best-known candidate, and the most favorably viewed, with a 75 percent favorable rating,” said Chris Galdieri, assistant professor of politics at Saint Anselm College,

Herman Cain registered second at 20 percent, with Ron Paul third at 13 percent.

All the other follow candidates, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, were in single digits.

Perry, at just 4 percent, had a favorable rating of 43 percent but an almost equally high unfavorable rating of 41 percent.

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West Virginia: Maloney Close to Tuesday Upset Over Tomblin

Washington Times:

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, 59, holds a single-digit lead in polling over Bill Maloney, a businessman who is the Republican nominee, in what both sides expect to be the most competitive governor’s race this year. Both sides have dug deep into their pockets to fund the battle. “I believe we’re the next red state,” Mr. Maloney told The Washington Times, referring to the GOP sweep throughout the Southeast. “We feel poised to do that in West Virginia.” Mr. Maloney, who has never held elected office, is up against a seasoned veteran. First elected to the Legislature at 22, Mr. Tomblin became state Senate president in 1995 and stepped in last year to fill in for former Gov. Joe Manchin, who won the Senate seat vacated by the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

Confused in Pennsylvania: Voters Against Proposed Law That Would Give Them More Clout

The Times-Leader

“Pennsylvania voters say stick to the winner-take-all formula used in most states: Whoever gets the most popular votes, wins all of the state’s Electoral College votes,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Malloy said the survey comes down along party lines. He said Pennsylvania hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988 and that Republicans see an advantage in having electoral votes divided between candidates based on the individual congressional districts they win.
“Pennsylvania voters think abandoning the traditional Electoral College formula would reduce the state’s swing state clout,” Malloy said in the Quinnipiac release.

Read more: http://www.timesleader.com/news/Electoral_changes_opposed_10-02-2011.html#ixzz1Zkt4tWha

Kentucky: Rare Good News for Democrats

Courier-Journal:

Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear has extended his lead to 31 points over Republican Senate President David Williams, with just five weeks left before the Nov. 8 election, according to the latest Courier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass Poll.
The poll, conducted by SurveyUSA, found that Beshear leads Williams 57 percent to 26 percent among likely Kentucky voters. The third candidate in the governor’s race, independent Gatewood Galbraith, had 8 percent, and 9 percent were undecided.
The poll questioned 569 likely voters Sept. 22-27 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.