Poll: Obama, Romney now in dead heat

Mansfield News Journal - By : Jim Kuhnhenn and Jennifer Agiesta
Fighting a swell of economic anxiety, President Barack Obama has lost much of the narrow lead he held just a month ago over Mitt Romney and the two now are locked in a virtually even race for the White House, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. The survey also found a majority of Americans disapproving of how the Democratic president is handling a national economy that fewer people think is improving.