Ron Paul could play spoiler in 2012 race
New numbers from Public Policy Polling show Paul winning 13 percent of the vote in a hypothetical three-way general election contest with President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R).
In that match-up, Obama led with 42 percent of the vote to Romney’s 36 percent. Paul polls third with just 13 percent of the vote, but appears to peel away some significant support from Romney.
In a head to head match, Obama barely leads Romney
