New Poll Pain for Obama as 2008 Coalition Crumbles

New Poll Pain for Obama as 2008 Coalition Crumbles

Let's face it: Reuters polls have been implausibly kind to President Obama over the last few months.  Their March poll's partisan sample was so absurd (D+12) that I wrote an entire post critiquing it, and their top line number last month showed the president leading Mitt Romney by seven points overall -- when most other surveys showed the race within a point or two.  Today?  The race is a virtual tie, with The One clinging to a statistically insignificant one-point lead:
 

President Barack Obama's approval ratings have dipped to their lowest level since...