A number of polls have come out this week reporting that O has opened up a small but significant lead against Mitt Romney, especially in certain battleground states. Gallup, however, today published the following job approval numbers:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
Approve of O's performance: 43%
Disapprove: 51%
Is it really possible for an incumbent with ratings like that to secure reelection through negative campaigning? Is there a precedent?
Those poll numbers show how disillusioned lefties and independents are with Obama's job performance but the voters at large consider Romney to be worse.