Posted on 12/19/2011 8:38:13 AM PST by Grunthor
.....A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that Ron Paul has taken the lead in the Iowa caucus race, while Newt Gingrich's support is fading fast. A different Gallup poll still shows Grinrich still holding the lead, but slipping, while The New York Times has Paul in the lead as well.
Gingrich has seen his numbers in the PPP poll drop from 27 percent to 14 percent in just three weeks, while his favorability rating is now split at 46 percent for to 47 percent against, the worst of any candidate not named Jon Huntsman. That's quite a fall for someone who looked to be running away with the state and taking charge on the national level.
Mitt Romney has also seen his tick up slightly, putting him just behind Paul for second place. The poll measured voters who are planning to vote in the Republican caucus.
Perhaps the most telling secondary question was, "Do you think Newt Gingrich has strong principles?" Only 36 percent say that he does, but for Paul that number was 73 percent.
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ROMNEY OR PAUL??????
"Excuse me sir, would you prefer a broken arm or a broken leg?"
The media - doing their dirty.
People in IA are afraid of Newton Gingrich; he is considered unstable and might snuff out ethanol subsidies too. People in IA have always been so predictable; I would imagine that they have “heard” it is “Mitt’s turn” this time.
A Big Clue!
The Atlantic Wire should be a little more responsible with their verbiage. In this context, “collapses” is a bit much.
ROMNEY OR PAUL??????
"Excuse me sir, would you prefer a broken arm or a broken leg?"
I know, Obama's probably praying toward Mecca a couple extra times a day, thanking Allah for his luck. If Romney (McCain v2.0) wins, he knows all he has to do is rerun the 2008 playbook. If Paul wins, then Obama doesn't even need to bother with a campaign, he can spend the entire campaign on vacation in Martha's Vineyard and still win.
This is a skewed Democrat poll, meant to see how badly they can stir up the Republican nomination. Look at the general method and the samplings taken. It's as bogus as Obama’s Birth Certificate.
God I hope not, but I would vote for Mittens before Paul. I would vote for Crazy Drunk Guy (tm) before Paul - the effect would be nearly the same but more entertaining.
The problem with Paul is that his values are totally loony-tune.
RP said Holder deserves to be fired and criminal charges brought over F & F, where is mittens on that?
RP said Holder deserves to be fired and criminal charges brought over F & F, where is mittens on that?
False! Media instigated garbage. Don’t believe it.
We all knew the lapdog media would run with this BS PPP poll. Obama wants to make the whole GOP look as fringe nuts as Paul. Obama fears the candidates from RINO to conservative in the GOP but has no fear of the crackpot Paul.
Newt’s numbers are down???
What a freakin’ surprise!
I mean, after 3 weeks of 1) media, 2) democrap, 3) primary opponents’ multimillion-dollar expenditures on attack ads, and 4) establishment republican full-frontal attacks — what a shock that his numbers have gone down.
I admire him for withstanding this amazing onslaught (if indeed he has).
Two simple rules:
1. If it’s a poll, just ignore it.
2. See rule #1 until the urge to post goes away
I heard Jamie Dupreee on the Neal Boortz show this morning saying there have been nonstop attack ads against Gingrich mainly from Ron Paul and Romney and Newt is not putting out his own ads to answer them. Erik Erikson from Red State is hosting today. He said Ron Paul is not going to win in Iowa due to the lack of caucuses. (Limbaugh said last week the attack ads were taking a toll on Gingrich and Romney was not moving but it was only helping Ron Paul and this was not what the establishment intended.)
Paul has a strong ground game in Iowa and is pulling out all of the stops to run negative ads on Gingritch...all day every day. It appears to be working. This will end up helping Romney, particularly in New Hampshire.
Iowa is too stupid/ignorant/out of touch/ unrepresentative/ drunk on ethanol/ whatever- to be an early primary State.
Pure Putrid Propaganda
Paul is easily the better candidate for social conservative issues and economic and fiscal issues.
On foreign policy, Paul is definitely not in the GOP mainstream to say the least, but I guess if the majority of freepers want mainstream GOP (neocon/strong Defense) foreign policy with huge government spending and liberal social ideals, Romney’s your guy.
I’d be happy to vote for Paul over both Gingrich and Romney in this context.
Polling in IA is a joke. This is a caucus state. If the candidates don’t motivate people out to the event, they won’t do squat.
“I would vote for Crazy Drunk Guy (tm) before Paul”
Who is Crazy Drunk Guy? Can you post his picture?
Lol...never saw this coming...lol.
You know what is being down to the conservatives?
They are being factionized purposely by their enemies.
It will be interesting to see how the PPP polls read on the eve of the voting in Iowa. This is a big test for them since they are clearly an outlier vis a vis other polls. Are they a propaganda engine supporting Romney/Obama (probably) or are they just giving us the facts about the mood in Iowa (unlikley IMHO).
I would prefer Perry myself. But lets face it, he’s not going anywhere. Santorum would be my second choice but...ditto.
Gingrich would be my third choice and he appears to be collapsing.
Neither Ron Paul nor Mitt Romney have been on my list. Ever.
But given that “choice” I’d probably have to vote for Paul and hope he had enough intelligence to pick a foreign policy hawk as VP because as acceptable as Paul might be on fiscal issues, his foreign policy could get a lot of innocent American civilians murdered.
Like Ron Paul would not cut susidies? I smell a rat in these polls.
Ronny is a 9-11 truther who also blames the US for 9-11!
Ronny is fraud and the earmark king of congress and refused to sign the GOP ban on earmarks since he made a request for 134,000,000 in 2009 !
This crazy gets funding from code Pink and supports Iran getting the bomb.
He is Jew hater nut job !
You support this evil fraud !
This is their latest poll for Iowa. Perry is surging, Newt and Romney are falling.
Perry is going to not only stop Mitt but Paul too. Thank your Lord!
Paul's a lib. Get out of the Republican race Paul. You're wasting our time.
If Perry wins Iowa (I have my doubts) then I will get get on board. Right now I am not actively supporting any of these candidates.
Paul 24, Romney 18, Perry 16, Bachmann 10, Santorum 3.
The cross state bus tour is working.
Any “scientific” poll with Ron Paul as the leader is bullsh!t.
Another poll just released confirms PPP.
Paul 24
Romney 18
Perry 16
Gingrich 13
Bachmann 10
Huntsman 4
Santorum 3
Interestingly, it shows a Perry surge and jeeps Santorum well down.
This is a satire post right..
The MSM wants someone like Paul to take the lead knowing that he can't best Obama...he is not a street fighter like the Chicago Politician Obama. Gingrich is and can out think Obama...Romney is on the same level as Obama...would any Republican take 2 AF1&2 to Hawaii? Costing the American taxpayer $$$$ we can ill afford - the answer is NO! Only the Obama's live like the nouveau riche they are.
STAY FOCUSED............
Sadly....no.
I’m not buying this B/S.
“Collapses” based solely on one poll from a firm co-founded by DailyKos’ Markos Moulitsas? Uh, thanks but I’ll wait for a few more before believing it.
I'll just stay home, then. Paul is a 9/11 "Truther." The chance he'll have a hawkish foriegn policy is nil.
That’s rather fishy. One of the Iowa polls actually had Gingrich dropping 50% in just one week. There is something going on behind the scenes. It’s there if you are looking for it, but unfortunately most people don’t look beyond the first paragraph.
With Romney and Paul out of question and with Newt on the bubble, 2012 is looking just as bad as 2008.
YUCK!
It’s early, so in my opinion you should vote for your IDEAL (policy-wise) candidate, not concerned about “electability” yet.
By the time we poor, trapped Californians get to vote in June, though, OUR vote likely won’t mean much.
Still pulling for a resurgent Perry, m’self.
Must be a lot of potheads in Iowa?
Paul is not a truther. Stop lying - he simply repeated what was in the 911 commission findings.
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