Obama : 2012 campaign will be tougher than four years ago . The president says : `` 2008 , in some ways , was lightning in a bottle '' A Politico/George Washington University poll released this week shows Romney with a one-percentage point advantage , 48 % -47 % , over the president among likely voters , well within the survey 's sampling error . the country went from being on top of the world to feeling like it had fallen off a cliff Mitt Romney and Obama are in a virtual tie , a recent poll shows .
Obama : 2012 campaign will be tougher than four years ago . The president says : `` 2008 , in some ways , was lightning in a bottle '' the country went from being on top of the world to feeling like it had fallen off a cliff Mitt Romney and Obama are in a virtual tie , a recent poll shows .