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NYT/CBS Poll: Romney Takes the Lead, Brutal Internals for Obama

rita182 Wrote: Jul 19, 2012 11:55 AM
If he loses, he'll blame Romney. If he wins, he'll blame Romney. I'll just be thankful if he'll stop blaming Bush.

The top line is only 47 percent for Romney compared to 46 percent for Obama, but that's among registered -- not likely -- voters with a D/R/I sample breakdown of 33/26/41 (D+6.5).  Here are the basics, then it's all downhill from there for The One:
 

Forty-seven percent of registered voters nationwide who lean towards a candidate back Romney, while 46 percent support the president. Four percent are undecided. The one percentage point difference is within the survey's three point margin of error. Romney leads by eight points among men; the president leads by five points...

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