{"id":56164,"date":"2012-10-09T08:28:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T08:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=56164"},"modified":"2012-10-09T08:28:34","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T08:28:34","slug":"mitt-romney-gains-four-point-lead-over-obama-in-post-debate-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mitt-romney-gains-four-point-lead-over-obama-in-post-debate-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney Gains Four-Point Lead Over Obama In Post-Debate Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0storm clouds gathering over President Obama&#8217;s bid for re-election have thickened with the release of a new poll from the respected Pew Research Center that gives\u00a0<a title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on Mitt Romney\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/mittromney\">Mitt Romney<\/a>\u00a0a four-point lead among likely voters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56165\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mitt-romney-gains-four-point-lead-over-obama-in-post-debate-poll\/mitt-romney-poll\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56165\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56165\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56165\" title=\"mitt romney poll\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mitt-romney-poll-010-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mitt-romney-poll-010-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mitt-romney-poll-010.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Republicans come out of the TV debate very energised&#39;, said Carroll Doherty, Pew Research Center&#39;s associate director. Photograph: Jim Watson\/AFP\/Getty Images | The Guardian<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.people-press.org\/2012\/10\/08\/romneys-strong-debate-performance-erases-obamas-lead\/\">Pew survey of 1,511 adults\u00a0<\/a>was carried out over four days starting on the day after the first presidential TV debate last week. 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