Perry tops Obama by 4 points in latest Rasmussen poll

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Perry leads Obama for the first time in a national poll, as today's Rasmussen poll shows the Texas Governor with a 4 point lead over the President. Romney trails Obama by four points.

Rasmussen writes:

Perry leads by nine among men but trails by five among women. Among voters under 30, the president leads while Perry has the edge among those over 30. The president leads Perry by 16 percentage points among union members while Perry leads among those who do not belong to a union.

The report also notes that Bachmann's support has weakened since the last poll, effectively putting Perry and Romney in a dead-heat with the President given the poll's stated margin of error.