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Obama: One year from Election Day, numbers good and bad

President Obama faces the voters a year from today, and right now he has reasons to be both concerned and confident. On the downside, there's an unemployment rate of 9% and approval ratings stuck in the 40s; on the other hand, Obama leads all the Republican challengers in most polling. Approval ratings in the 40s are a problem for any president seeking re-election.

Obama's fortunes improving: Reuters/Ipsos poll

President Barack Obama's fortunes are improving slightly, although he would face a tough struggle for re-election next year if Mitt Romney were the Republican nominee, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said on Friday.

Senh: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are very close in another poll, too. Obama's foreign policy success has probably helped. I'm surprised that Romney's popularity has went up by staying relatively low profile.

Argentine President Wins Landslide Re-Election

President Cristina Fernandez, buoyed by Argentina's booming economy, was re-elected by a landslide Sunday, exit polls predicted. The polls aid Fernandez won 54 percent to 55 percent of the votes cast -- the widest victory margin for any Argentine president since democracy was restored in the country three decades ago.

Biden leaves door open for White House run in 2016

Vice President Joe Biden left open the possibility on Sunday that he might run for the White House in 2016. Biden told CNN that his focus is on helping President Barack Obama get re-elected in 2012 but when pressed on the possibility of his own future run, he replied, "I'm not closing anything."

Senh: Will he get any support? He's seen as a weak link in the current administration.

La. Gov. Bobby Jindal wins re-election easily

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday easily coasted to a second term, winning in a landslide election after failing to attract any well-known or deep-pocketed opposition.

Senh: He was one those rising stars who was supposed to join the race for presidency. It's probably a smart move to wait, especially since he's still relatively young.

As polls open in Louisiana, Jindal seen as shoo-in

Voters headed to the polls on Saturday in Louisiana, where Republican Governor Bobby Jindal was expected to easily win reelection without having to compete in a run-off vote.

No "Hope" or "Change" but Obama campaign HQ buzzes

Barack Obama's approval ratings are down, Republican challengers are beating him in polls and the U.S. economy is in a slump, yet the Democratic president's re-election campaign headquarters is buzzing.

Senh: Republican challengers are beating Barack Obama in the polls? Really? Who? Mitt Romney? Rick Perry? It's a bit vague. It sounds like a nice sentence, but a bit of supporting evidence would help, especially considering he's leading in the latest AP-KfP polls against his republican challengers.

AP-GfK Poll: Public unsettled on Obama challenger

Americans have yet to find a Republican they'd clearly prefer over President Barack Obama, although half say the president does not deserve re-election....

Senh: So it's sounding more and more like Barack Obama might get re-elected just because we don't think his opponents are any better.

Obama looks to South in bid to help keep his job

Three years after his surprising wins in Southern states, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is doubling down in the region, hoping to turn changing demographics into electoral wins and offset potential losses in traditional swing states next year.

Obama to use Wall Street against GOP

While there are reports that President Obama's re-election plan will try to tap the energy of the anti-Wall Street protests, one top aide said this morning that the political impact of the demonstrations remains to be seen.

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