Washington Post-ABC News: Obama tied with Romney, leads Newt & Paul

[Tender Branson]

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president? Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat?

49% Approve
47% Disapprove

...

Adults:

49-46 Obama/Romney
50-43 Obama/Paul
51-42 Obama/Gingrich

RV:


47-47 Obama/Romney
49-44 Obama/Paul
51-43 Obama/Gingrich

24. How about if the candidates were (Barack Obama, the Democrat) and ([ITEM], the Republican), and Ron Paul running as an independent candidate for president - for whom would you vote? Would you lean toward (Obama), ([ITEM]), or toward Paul?

Adults:

44% Obama
30% Romney
21% Paul

44% Obama
30% Gingrich
22% Paul

RV:

42% Obama
32% Romney
21% Paul

43% Obama
32% Gingrich
21% Paul

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postabcpoll_121811.html

[Tender Branson]

Paul pulling 20%+ as an independent, wow.

Yeah, that's impressive.

It also looks like he could be a spoiler for Romney, but not much for Gingrich.

Romney goes from a tie to a 10% deficit, while Gingrich goes from -8 to -11.