Obama losing ground to Sarah Palin?

According to a new poll, Obama may be a one-termer. A McClatchey-Marist poll finds that Obama's position is eroding steadily and that even Sarah Palin may be gaining ground.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The poll finds that most voters believe that he'll lose the election. A solid group is saying they will vote against him, and most Republican contenders are gaining ground on him. 

Sarah Palin was the poll's biggest surprise. While the former Alaska Governor isn't officially running for President, she has been touring the country and promoting herself nonetheless. The latest poll has her only 5 percentage points behind Obama, after trailing him by as much as twenty points earlier in the year.

Palin now leads Obama amongst independent voters, a key swing block.

The results show that Obama is losing ground with middle-America. Many people now say they will definitely vote against him. The poll reported those planning to vote against Obama as 36 to a whopping 49 percent. Quite enough to end his presidency in 2012. 

Even steadfast Democrats think Obama will lose to any Republican contender. Democrats saying so are at 31 percent.

Governor Rick Perry should be happy with the news, the polls give him a solid lead over all other contenders. Perry is being supported by 30 percent of all participating Republicans, according to the poll. 

Mitt Romney has only 22 percent support and Michelle Bachmann now has  just 12 percent. 
All other Republican contenders are in the single digits. 

The survey did find that Rudy Guliani and Sarah Palin were popular with voters, despite the fact they are not running. The poll results showed that if they were to enter the race they would have at least as much support as Romney or Bachmann.

Despite Republican gains, Obama still has a slim lead in the head-to-head matchup against Perry. However, some analysts think that may change once the Republican nominee is chosen and party support coalesces. 

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