Donald Trump Might Maybe Be Actual Non-Joke Republican Candidate

Or, to be more precise, might maybe be median acceptable-level joke candidate…

A new survey from Newsweek and The Daily Beast indicates President Obama is ahead of Trump by only two percentage points, 43-41, well within the poll's sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percent. In fact, Trump fares far better against Obama than Sarah Palin, who would lose to Obama by 11 points, 51-40, according to the poll.

Trump also performs roughly as well as former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who is 2 points behind Obama in the survey, 49-47 percent. Mike Huckabee, another former presidential candidate, does best against the president in the poll: both are tied at 46 percent.

America, you are no longer employed at this establishment! (Or whatever that catchphrase is.)

Tags: Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Polls, Primaries, Republicans, Sarah Palin