Rasmussen - Romney up 50-43 [View all]

[Mutiny In Heaven]

If we suppose that there's been a slight (most likely temporary, as people readjust) swing against Obama due to his recent endorsement of gay marriage, using Rasmussen's 2010 GOP bias % we have a lead of about 3% which will become a tie when people get over the marriage issue (as anyone with a hint of mental cogency did years ago).

Even with Scotty's partisan hackery nullified, however, it does show that there are lots of people beyond the 30% GOP base who find Romney's bully-boy persona endearing and representative of their preferred direction for America. Perhaps the newest revelations will strip some of the ludicrously coiffed one's sheen.

http://realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html