While Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich are battling it out for Super Tuesday, the new NBC/Marist polls out on Ohio and Virginia show that Obama is beating all comers in those critical states.
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The new NBC/Marist polls out on the battleground states of Ohio and Virginia shows that Obama is beating the frontrunner Romney by double digits.
Ohio: Although Obama's approval rating is only 45%, he still beats out all comers in a head to head match up.
In Ohio – where President Obama’s approval rating stands at 45 percent – he leads Paul by 10 points among registered voters (48 to 38 percent), Romney by 12 points (50 to 38 percent), Santorum by 14 (50 to 36 percent) and Gingrich by 15 (51 to 36 percent).
Virginia: Obama has a stronger approval rating of 51% and he is crushing his potential competition.
In Virginia – where his approval rating is 51 percent – his leads are even bigger: 17 points over Romney (52 to 35 percent), 21 points over Paul (53 to 32 percent), 22 points over Santorum (54 to 32 percent) and 26 over Gingrich (57 to 31 percent).
What is occurring is that Obama is starting to put together his coalition from 2008.
What’s occurring in both states, Miringoff explains, is that Obama is reaching the percentages he won in 2008 – 51 percent in Ohio, 53 percent in Virginia – while Republican voters so far have failed to coalesce around their candidates.
We have a LONG way to go until November 2012 and we all know that a week is a life time in politics. Having said that, however, Obama is in a relatively fair position to win re-election. Intrade thinks so too. It has Obama's re-election prospects greater than 60% today.