Obama's Revived Coalition Spells Trouble for Romney

[babylonsister]

Obama's Revived Coalition Spells Trouble for Romney
By Ronald Brownstein
February 14, 2012 | 10:22 AM


The national Pew Research Center poll released Monday confirms that President Obama, at least for now, is reassembling the coalition that powered him to his 2008 victory.

The Pew survey, closely tracking last week's ABC News/Washington Post poll, shows that in a potential general election match-up against Mitt Romney, Obama's support among many of the electorate's key groups has converged with his 2008 showing against John McCain. In almost all cases, that represents gains for Obama since polls from last year.

Whether the electorate is viewed by race, gender, partisanship or ideology (or combinations of the above), Obama's numbers against Romney now closely align with his support against McCain, according to the 2008 exit polls. Overall, the Pew survey put Obama ahead of Romney by 52 percent to 44 percent, close to his actual 53 percent to 46 percent victory over McCain.

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[Tarheel_Dem]

1. I know it's too early to get excited about these numbers, but dammit I can't help it.

[Craigtee3030]

2. Trust me...

It isn't "revived" by any even aggressive stretch of the imagination. The difference today is...he will beat Romney without it. In the even of the presence of a not entirely distasteful 3rd party effort, however...the President will have to go even harder after a rebuilt coalition of the "let down". Caucus Interruptus - Part Douche! Thoughts at 3 A.M. http://thoughtsatthreeam.blogspot.com/?spref=tw