Posted by JM Ashby
A new McClatchy/Marist poll released today, which pre-dates both Palin's and the President's speeches last night, shows President Obama with massive leads over all of the current supposed GOP frontrunners including Huckabee, Romney, and Palin.
Today Obama would beat Republican Mitt Romney by 51 to 38 percent, the poll showed. In a December McClatchy-Marist poll, he trailed the former Massachusetts governor by 46-44 percent.
Obama would defeat Republican Mike Huckabee by a similar margin, 50-38 percent. In December, the president led the former Arkansas governor by only 47-43 percent.
And he'd crush Palin by 56-30 percent. A month before, he led the former Alaska governor by 52-40 percent.
In each case, Obama owes his lead now to a unified base of support from Democrats and an edge among independents, who prefer the president by 10 points against Romney, 5 points against Huckabee and 28 points against Palin.
Yes, that is a 28 point lead over Palin among Independents, the most crucial voting block. This poll was conducted between January 6-10.
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