Ahead of the November 6 election, Republican challenger Mitt Romney is maintaining a small lead over incumbent Barack Obama who, however, still has a “narrow advantage” in key battleground states, say opinion polls.
Romney has a lead of five points over Obama in Gallup’s rolling daily tracking, while in RealClearPolitcs, he has a lead of just 0.9 points.
The Washington Post-ABC poll says the Republican nominee has a one-point lead.However, in the key battleground state of Ohio, Obama was leading by four points, according to CNN, which said the race here is still close.
Obama’s double entendre ad
A suggestive Internet ad that backs Obama and speaks to young women about their “first time” — voting — went viral Friday, drawing conservative ire for its racy double entendre.
{{/usCountry}}A suggestive Internet ad that backs Obama and speaks to young women about their “first time” — voting — went viral Friday, drawing conservative ire for its racy double entendre.
{{/usCountry}}“Your first time shouldn’t be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy,” indie TV starlet Lena Dunham confides to the camera in the one-minute campaign ad, called ‘Your First Time’.
But the 26-year-old pixie-cut brunette, who is creator and lead character of the HBO series Girls, isn’t discussing sex; she has politics on mind, and it’s an Obama advertisement clearly aimed at young female voters.