A new ABC/Washington Post poll shows that if Mitt Romney wins the Republican nomination, he could very well beat President Obama in the 2010 presidential race. According to the poll, Romney tops Obama by a margin of 49 to 46 percent among registered voters. While this is not statistically significant it does show the president's possibly vulnerability to a strong opponent.
The poll also showed that Romney is the only Republican to outrank the president. Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann and Jon Huntsman all trail Obama. Plain is farthest behind, trailing the president by 17 points among all adults and by 15 points among registered voters.
We now know how the Republicans and democrats fare politically, but who would you vote for for best-dressed? Palin showed off her casual side on her East Coast tour, could her lax attitude cost her political points?
Solidifying her love of the basic T-shirt on this tour, Palin wore a gifted New Hampshire T-shirt over her outfit.ReutersPresident Barack Obama (R) escorts German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the podium during an official State Arrival ceremony on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington June 7, 2011. Obama and Merkel will air their differences over fiscal policy, the Eurozone crisis, and the war in Libya during the German leader's state visit on Tuesday.ReutersU.S. President Barack Obama arrives to speak to workers at Chrysler Group Toledo Supplier Park in Toledo, Ohio June 3, 2011.ReutersU.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the Pritzker Architecture Prize Event at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium at the White House in Washington, June 2, 2011.ReutersRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington June 3, 2011. Republican White House hopefuls courted Christian conservative voters on Friday at the conference where U.S. economic concerns shared the stage with social issues that dominate the evangelical agenda.ReutersFormer Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney announces that he is formally entering the race for the 2012 Republican U.S. presidential nomination in Stratham, New Hampshire June 2, 2011.ReutersFormer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is introduced by his wife, Ann, to speak at the 38th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, February 11, 2011. The CPAC is a project of the American Conservative Union Foundation.Reuters
