McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12

[Mr. Morden]

McClatchy-Marist national poll of registered voters:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/10/1967883/poll-obamas-approval-ratings-fall.html

Romney 46%
Obama 44%

Obama 47%
Huckabee 43%

Obama 52%
Palin 40%

Obama job approval: 42%
disapproval: 50%

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[Mr. Morden]

That's odd, these kind of polls usually show Huckabee doing the best.

More often than not yes, but there have also been a few other cases in which Romney did better:

list of national polls

The last PPP national poll, for example, had Obama leading Huckabee by 3, but leading Romney by only 1.