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Democrats and Obama 2012 - There has been much punditry talk in recent months about President Obama losing support among his Democratic base. But, according to an Oct. 12 NBC News/Wall Street Journal, 73 percent say the party should re-nominate Obama, compared to 67 percent who said the same of Bill Clinton in 1995. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Herman Cain - In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Oct. 12, Herman Cain rocketed to the top with 27 percent, followed by Mitt Romney at 23 percent and Rick Perry at 16 percent. In an August version of the poll, Cain was in the position Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is now in, at five percent; Perry was at the top with 38 percent and Romney was at 23 percent.(Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images)

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U.S. Satisfaction - Americans continue to be dissatisfied, with just 13 percent of respondents in a Gallup survey published Oct. 12 saying that they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country. It’s a bad sign for an incumbent president seeking re-election. In November 1979, when Jimmy Carter was in office, it was 19 percent and 22 percent in August 1992 when George H.W. Bush unsuccessfully sought re-election.(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Congress' Approval Rating - Just 13 percent of respondents in a Gallup poll  published Oct. 12 gave Congress a thumbs up. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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American Jobs Act - In an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Oct. 12, an overwhelming majority of Americans, at 63 percent, approve of President Obama’s jobs package when they are given specifics of the plan, including higher taxes for the wealthy, cutting payroll taxes and funding new road construction. Only 30 percent supported it before they learned of those details, proving that the more they know about it, the more they like it. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Middle Class Pain - The results of a Washington Post/Bloomberg News poll found that eight in ten Americans believe that the middle class will have to make financial sacrifices to reduce the federal deficit.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Death Penalty - For the first time in CNN polling history, 50 percent said in a survey released Oct. 12 that they would opt for giving a murderer a life sentence instead of the death penalty, compared to 48 percent who said they would choose capital punishment.(AP Photo/David Tulis)