[Helicondelta]

“then the game resets.”

LOL. Ask Santorum if there was a reset for him. He finished fourth in NH, third in SC, third in FL..

[usafa92]

Prepare for another day of in your face arrogance from the Cruz crew on here.

[usafa92]

+/- 7% on Iowa and NH and +/- 6% on SC. Polls are essentially useless except as broad indicators at the moment.

[SmokingJoe]

Santorum had no money, no groud game, no organizations in the early primary states after Iowa. Cruz has all three in abundance. They are even close to being the same.

[parksstp]

You keep running this false analogy.

Santorum NEVER had $50 Million in the bank.

Big Difference.

This poll reveals some interesting things:

(1) Carson’s slide is still going. I don’t think he’s fallen to 6% yet, but I think that’s the floor for him.

(2) Bush lost voters at the expense of Trump! (Yes, the poll confirms that Jeb Bush voters in IA are voting for Trump)

(3) Cruz can still make up more points if Rand, Santorum, Huckabee, or Paul leave the race, and it’s looking more likely that he’s going to win by DOUBLE DIGITS.

(4) Rubio is locked at 12% which is the normal floor for the Establishment pick, but he’s not picking up Bush and Christie supporters. Those people seem to have gone to Trump.

My guess of what would happen if the IA Caucus was today:

Cruz: 42%
Trump: 26%
Rubio: 11%
Carson: 5%
Christie: 4%
Bush: 3%
Paul: 3%
Huckabee: 2%
Santorum: 1%
Fiorina: 1%
Kasich, Graham, Pataki <1%

I don’t think the Donald can stomach a 16 point loss in IA, but that appears to be what’s going to happen if the Caucus were today.

1 Feb may be another story, but this is what it looks like right now.

[Republican Wildcat]

LOL. Ask Santorum if there was a reset for him. He finished fourth in NH, third in SC, third in FL..

That's not a valid example - Romney was declared the winner and got all of the media accolades, victory speech, fanfare, etc. When it was eventually revealed Santorum was the actual winner it was reported, but he got none of the benefit of election night victory and everything that comes with it, therefore there was no change in momentum.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Did Sweater Vest have $100 million dollars to follow through on his Iowa win?

[nikos1121]

Who was the favorite in Iowa last time, Romney?

[Vigilanteman]

Santorum went on to win a number of states from multiple regions of the country-- Alabama, Tennessee, Kansas, Colorado and others. What ultimately did him in is that Gingrich refused to drop out and the anti-Romney vote was split. For a month or so, it looked like Santorum would have a fighting chance.

He's a good man, but 2012 was his only shot. Cruz, Trump and others have much in common with his agenda now and are drawing more support.