CNN: Obama leads all Republicans

[Tender Branson]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

45% Approve
52% Disapprove

...

Adults:

51-46 Obama vs. Romney
52-46 Obama vs. Paul
52-44 Obama vs. Perry
57-40 Obama vs. Bachmann
59-36 Obama vs. Palin

Registered Voters:

49-48 Obama vs. Romney
51-47 Obama vs. Paul
51-46 Obama vs. Perry
54-42 Obama vs. Bachmann
58-37 Obama vs. Palin

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/09/26/rel16a-1a.pdf

[President von Cat]

Not just leading, but above 50%.

"Impressive. Most impressive."

[King]

I would say lol Palin but the joke is old and stale now.

[Eraserhead]

I'm impressed by how well Paul has been polling in the general election match-ups this cycle, I must say (not that I think those numbers would hold up in an actual general election between him and Obama).

[The_Texas_Libertarian]

Good news

Yet another poll that shows the more conservative and tea party you go the more difficult it is to win an election

[NVGonzalez]

Not sure if Obama is doing great

Or Republicans just flat out suck.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Not sure if Obama is doing great

Or Republicans just flat out suck.

The latter.

[cavalcade]

Not just leading, but above 50%.

"Impressive. Most impressive."

Good numbers overall for Obama here I agree, but he's probably trailing Romney narrowly among likely voters.

[Oakvale]

I'm impressed by how well Paul has been polling in the general election match-ups this cycle, I must say (not that I think those numbers would hold up in an actual general election between him and Obama).

I think someone (Meeker?) pointed out that since Paul's irrelevant - sure he's in third place in the primaries, but hasn't got a chance of moving beyond that - no-one bothers attacking him, so that probably helps.

And yeah, glad to see some sanity on Paul-Obama general election numbers. Perry is unelectable because he wants to dismantle Social Security but Paul supposedly overcomes this by, what, wanting to legalise weed and eliminate the nation's central bank? Come on, Paulbots.

[argentarius]

I'm impressed by how well Paul has been polling in the general election match-ups this cycle, I must say (not that I think those numbers would hold up in an actual general election between him and Obama).

I think someone (Meeker?) pointed out that since Paul's irrelevant - sure he's in third place in the primaries, but hasn't got a chance of moving beyond that - no-one bothers attacking him, so that probably helps.

And yeah, glad to see some sanity on Paul-Obama general election numbers. Perry is unelectable because he wants to dismantle Social Security but Paul supposedly overcomes this by, what, wanting to legalise weed and eliminate the nation's central bank? Come on, Paulbots.

Ron Paul does a lot of things that would earn him a lot of votes from liberals:
Opposes war (an area where liberals feel let down)
Wants to legalize drugs (liberals angry over the CA result)
Says what he believes

Many liberals would see him as the lesser of 2 evils and I'd say that many republicans aren't saying they'd vote Paul in this poll though most likely they would out of hatred for Obama.

[Oakvale]

I'm impressed by how well Paul has been polling in the general election match-ups this cycle, I must say (not that I think those numbers would hold up in an actual general election between him and Obama).

I think someone (Meeker?) pointed out that since Paul's irrelevant - sure he's in third place in the primaries, but hasn't got a chance of moving beyond that - no-one bothers attacking him, so that probably helps.

And yeah, glad to see some sanity on Paul-Obama general election numbers. Perry is unelectable because he wants to dismantle Social Security but Paul supposedly overcomes this by, what, wanting to legalise weed and eliminate the nation's central bank? Come on, Paulbots.

Ron Paul does a lot of things that would earn him a lot of votes from liberals:
Opposes war (an area where liberals feel let down)
Wants to legalize drugs (liberals angry over the CA result)
Says what he believes

Yeah, my point is that none of those things are going to distract liberals from the fact that he's a paleoconservative hardliner who wants to force sick uninsured people to seek care from charities (!) and repeal much of the 20th century.

If you agree with Paul's positions, that's great, and that's a perfectly valid position to take. But he's the near-textbook definition of unelectable. Seriously, imagine the television ads in a Paul-Obama matchup. It'd take a couple of quick spots about those racist articles he wrote and his opposition to the Civil Rights Act and that'd be pretty much the end of it. The Democrats wouldn't even need to touch his free market fundamentalism.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

These pollsters must really not want Palin to run.

Otherwise, they'd have stopped polling her a long time ago.

[Mehmentum]

Not sure if Obama is doing great

Or Republicans just flat out suck.

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The Republicans suck, a lot.  Even if you say the sample is biased or whatever, the fact is that Obama is not only outperforming his approvals,but is also getting votes from people who dissaprove of him.