(April 11, 2012) Republican candidate Mitt Romney waves at the crowd before addressing them during a campaign event in Warwick, Rhode Island
According to the Fox News Poll on April 12, 2012, Republican candidate Mitt Romney holds a slim lead over President Barack Obama in a head-to-head matchup. In addition to that, the poll also finds the president's approval rating has dropped to its lowest point this year. In a presidential matchup, Mitt Romney would top Obama in the 2012 presidential race 46% - 44% if the election were held today. Even though the poll shows Romney with a slim lead over Obama, the race is still too close to call. It's within the poll's margin of sampling error. This was the first time since November 2011 that Romney topped Obama in a Fox News poll.
One of the things that concerns me concerning this year's presidential race is that Mitt Romney doesn't have solid support among many conservative voters. Conservative support for Romney has been divided thus far. That turned out to be the case when most of the Deep South voted for Rick Santorum, who dropped out of the presidential race last Tuesday. Santorum's campaign simply ran out of money and didn't have enough cash to continue the race. Also, Santorum was far behind Romney in the delegate count as well. One of the problems with Romney is during his tenure as governor of Massachusetts he showed he isn't the conservative candidate he portrays himself to be. As governor, Romney signed a healthcare bill which critics dub as "Romneycare" in April 2006. Romneycare is very similar to Obamacare with the exception it's statewide instead of nationwide. Newsmax reported that the Romney advisors who advised Romney on Romneycare are the same ones who advised President Obama on the bill which eventually became Obamacare. Romney claims he desires to repeal Obamacare. However, he passed a similar bill in the state of Massachusetts. How did Romneycare fit into Massachusetts budget, Mr. Businessman? Romney touts his business experience as being qualified to become the next president of the United States yet he passes a healthcare bill that will bankrupt Massachusetts. That makes a lot of sense!!! Romney hasn't proven himself to be trustworthy. He has a credibility gap that he needs to closed if he has a chance to defeat Barack Obama in November.
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