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Republicans Up, Obama Down

The economy continues to impact the Presidential race, to the exclusion of other issues.

I try not to repeat my themes on this blog. But new polling data is causing me to revisit a previous point.

Although activists are constantly engaged on a number of issues, the candidate that wins the upcoming presidential election will be the candidate that voters trust to improve the economy.

So, after a week of the Democratic "Republican War On Women" meme, President Obama finds his approval rating down, and two Republican opponents in a virtual tie with him. Note, also, that this latest poll is undersampling Republicans based on the 2010 turn-out.

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