Shift in national popular polls favors Obama

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President Barack Obama is now leading in polls against each of the individual Republican opponents he may face on Election Day. And for the first time in months, Obama is leading against a "generic Republican" opponent. It's true that polls conducted 350 days before an election have very little predictive power--but they are a meaningful indicator of the public mood as the primary season lurches into gear.

The chart below shows the percentage of poll respondents who say they'd vote for Obama against each potential opponent in a head-to-head match up. I created the data using Real Clear Politics' aggregated trends research. On average, more than 90 percent of the respondents select one of the two candidates; others decline the choice, or say they're undecided.

entire article & chart @: http://yhoo.it/sjEUD7

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1. Are you kidding?

He's leading Mitt by 0.08% ? And Betfair and Intrade, show Obama with a 51.6 percent likelihood of reelection.

That's not much to write home about.