POLITICO: President Barack Obama and Republican front-runner Mitt Romney are locked in a statistical tie, according to a new national poll Monday.
In an Obama-Romney race, 46 percent would vote for the president, while 45 percent would back Romney, the Fox News poll finds.
But the president enjoys more positive support than the former Massachusetts governor, with 74 percent of his supporters saying they would be voting “for” Obama and 21 percent saying they would be voting “against Romney.” Among the GOP hopeful’s supporters, just 33 percent said they were “for Romney,” while a whopping 58 percent said their vote was more “against Obama.”… (more)