Morning Examiner: Truman or Carter?

Published November 14, 2011 5:00am ET



Politico released their latest Battleground poll this morning and the results are not good news for Mitt Romney. Democrat pollsters Celinda Lake and Daniel Gotoff report:

In head-to-head matchups in the latest POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll, [President Obama leads both Mitt Romney (48-43 percent) and Herman Cain (49-40 percent)] by sound margins and noticeable leads in intensity of support. Roughly 80% of Obama’s support in both trial heats is derived from voters who say they are definitely going to vote for him.

Republican pollsters Ed Goeas and Brian Nienaber focus more on how fundamentally weak Obama’s numbers are:

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