President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Romney 23% Giuliani 13% Palin 12% Cain 7% Gingrich 7%

According to the latest Fox News Poll.

Qualified Vs. Not Qualified to be President:

• Mitt Romney –  68% Vs. 21%
• Newt Gingrich – 58% Vs. 33%
• Tim Pawlenty – 43% Vs. 25%
• Sarah Palin – 41% Vs. 56% (With 42% Saying Not At All)
• Herman Cain – 32% Vs. 24%

GOP Primary Election:

• Romney – 23%
• Giuliani – 13%
• Palin – 12%
• Cain – 7%
• Gingrich – 7%
• Pawlenty – 5%
• Paul – 5%
• Bachmann – 4%
• Santorum – 4%

General Election:

• Obama – 47% Vs. Giuliani – 43%
• Obama – 48% Vs. Romney – 41%
• Obama – 56% Vs. Palin – 35%
• Obama – 53% Vs. Gingrich – 34%
• Obama – 50% Vs. Pawlenty – 32%
• Obama – 49% Vs. Christie – 34%

Job Approval Vs. Disapproval:

• President Barack Obama – 48% Vs. 43%

The entire poll is here.

The president’s job rating has returned to pre-bin Laden raid levels, according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday.  Currently 48 percent of American voters approve of the job Barack Obama is doing and 43 percent disapprove.  Last month, after the death of Usama bin Laden, it was much more positive:  55 approved and 41 percent disapproved (May 2011). Prior to the raid the president’s rating was split evenly 47-47 (April 2011). 

The poll finds similar mixed views on the president’s re-election.  Nearly half of voters — 49 percent — would vote for someone else rather than re-elect President Obama if the 2012 election were held today.  Forty-four percent would vote to give him a second term.  These results are essentially unchanged from January, the last time this question was asked, when 51 percent said someone else, and 42 percent said re-elect Obama.

Among the president’s party faithful, 82 percent would re-elect him.  That’s about the same as the 79 percent of Democrats who said so in January, though down a bit from 87 percent at the beginning of Obama’s term (April 2009).