Poll: Obama ties Perry approval in Republic of Texas

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Bad news for the secessionist:

AUSTIN, TX -- A poll by the nonpartisan Lyceum group finds that the majority of likely voters in Texas approve of the job Republican Rick Perry is doing as governor and Democrat Barack Obama is doing as president.

The poll shows Perry -- a potential presidential candidate -- with a 54 percent job approval rating among those surveyed.

Obama's approval rating stands at 51 percent. That's up from 47 percent in 2010, and the poll organizers say Obama's rating may have been helped because the poll was conducted about three weeks since the U.S. military operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

Both register above the 49 percent approval from the GOP-controlled state Legislature.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/state&id=8194889

You'll recall that a poll in January showed Obama and Perry tied in a general election match-up

In a survey of 892 Texas voters conducted Jan. 14-16, North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling found that Perry and Obama would each pull 45 percent of the vote — the worst showing against the incumbent Democrat of the potential Republican challengers in the survey. Former Alaska Gov. and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin would beat Obama in Texas by just a single point, 47 percent to 46 percent. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads Obama in Texas 49 to 42, while former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich leads the presdient 48 to 43. The Republican who fares best against Obama in Texas is former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who trounces him 55 to 39.

http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/If-Perry-ran-for-president-in-2012-poll-shows-tie-with-Obama-in-Texas-114451704.html

Doesn't look good for the GOP establishment's latest hope for a nominee. Romney can't hold the the teabaggers. And all the ones who can are electoral poison for the general.

[AtomicKitten]

1. That is some seriously mind-blowing data from Texas.

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