LATEST 2012 POLL SHOWS ROMNEY UP – AT 7:27 A.M. ET:   From WaPo:

It's one of those polls that says on-the-one-hand there's good news while on the other hand there's more good news.

A new Gallup Poll out this morning finds that President Obama's poll bump from courageously having the Navy SEALs whack Osama bin Laden has evaporated, and Republican former Gov. Mitt Romney is indeed the GOP front-runner heading into tonight's New Hampshire debate.

The new ABC/Washington Post survey finds that among all Americans Romney and Obama are tied at 47% each. However, ominously for the incumbent, among registered voters, the millionaire businessman leads the ex-state senator who often voted Present, 49%-47%.

By a two-to-one margin Americans told pollsters the country is seriously on the wrong track under the current Democratic admninistration and nearly six-in-ten say that regardless of government stats, the economy is not recovering. Time for another big speech on the huge hole he inherited from you-know-who.

COMMENT:  The key number is that "registered voters" figure.  Registered voter polls tend to tilt slightly more Democratic than likely voter surveys, so the situation for Obama in a race with Romney is probably even worse for the president.

Romney is not a beloved figure, and arouses little passion.  The fact that he is beating Obama in the polls right now is stunning, and a sign that the GOP nomination will be worth a great deal next year.

June 7, 2011