Rick Perry leads Obama, Rasmussen Poll, September 1, 2011, 44 percent to 41 percent From Rasmussen September 1, 2011. “Perry 44% Obama 41%; President Leads Other GOP Hopefuls” “For the first time this year, Texas Governor Rick Perry leads President Obama in a national Election 2012 survey. Other Republican candidates trail the president by single digits. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows Perry picking up 44% of the vote while the president earns support from 41%. Given the margin of sampling error (+/- 3 percentage points) and theRead More