A new poll conducted by firm GfK for the Associated Press shows that new GOP frontrunner former House Speaker Newt Gingrich would start out in a much worse position against President Obama than former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney. The national poll shows Obama up on Romney by a single point, 47 – 46, by the President tops Gingrich by nine, 51 – 42.
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