Mitt Romney just told an Iowa crowd: “Corporations are people, my friends.” There is video. And it will be a killer campaign ad.
Meanwhile, Gallup’s latest poll shows President Obama leading a generic Republican challenger by six points, 45% to 39%. In July, Obama trailed the generic GOP candidate, 47% to 39%. Against named GOP rivals, the latest McClatchy-Marist Poll shows the president leading all of the top Republican candidates, in margins ranging from five points (vs. Romney) to 21 points (vs. Palin). A new CNN poll shows a more competitive general election, with Obama’s leads over the GOP field raging from one point (vs. Romney) to six points (vs. Bachmann).