Poll: Obama, Stabenow lead in Michigan

New polling out of Michigan shows President Obama with a 10-point lead over MItt Romney in the state:

A poll done by EPIC-MRA of Lansing for the Free Press, WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) and other media partners showed Obama with a commanding 10-percentage-point lead over Michigan-born-and-raised Mitt Romney, whose chances in the state may have been seriously hurt by last week's Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C. ... ... In EPIC-MRA's last statewide poll, an automated survey taken Aug. 28 before Ann Romney spoke at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, laying out a case for her husband to be elected, Obama held a 49%-46% lead. In the new poll, conducted Saturday through Tuesday, Obama led Romney 47%-37%.

EPIC-MRA also found Sen. Debbie Stabenow with a healthy lead over Republican challenger Pete Hoekstra:

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow has kept a strong lead in her bid for a third term, showing an 11 percentage point advantage her Republican opponent, former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, a Free Press/WXYZ poll shows. The poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, has Stabenow ahead 49-38%. Some 46% of the people surveyed have a favorable opinion of her while 40% view her unfavorably. Hoekstra gets favorable marks from 28% and unfavorable ratings from 32%.

Michigan, the state Romney grew up in, is one his team would like to see in play in November. Most polling out of the state, though, gives Obama the advantage -- and this poll brings him into double-digit territory, meaning a win for Romney there looks even more like an uphill battle.