A White House spokesman declined to comment on whether Mr Obama had been
referring to voter prejudice. A spokesman for Mr Obama’s re-election
campaign did not return a request for comment.
A CBS News/New York Times poll on Tuesday indicated that Mitt Romney, the
presumed Republican presidential nominee, had overtaken Mr Obama and now led
by 46 per cent to 43. Last month the same poll put the pair in a dead heat.
The President covered several other topics on the programme, comparable to
Britain’s ‘Loose Women’, whose hosts include the actress Whoopi Goldberg and
the veteran broadcaster Barbara Walters.
He defended JP Morgan after its recent $2 billion trading loss, saying it was “one
of the best managed banks there is” and that “Jamie Dimon, the
head of it, is one of the smartest bankers we’ve got”.
Following his announcement that he now supports same-sex marriage, Mr Obama
said Congress was “on notice” that he believed the Defence of
Marriage Act, which allows states to ignore gay marriages carried out
elsewhere, was unconstitutional. The remark raised hopes among liberal
activists that Democrats may attempt to overturn the Act in a second Obama
term.
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