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I am surprised with Santorum's staying power. I actually expected Romney to lead by 10pt by today.

I still expect him to win Michigan and Arizona by 10+ points.

1 posted on 02/24/2012 1:20:46 PM PST by Mariner
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This Michigan survey of 750 Likely Republican Primary Voters was conducted on February 23, 2012

An up to date poll.

2 posted on 02/24/2012 1:26:03 PM PST by Red Steel
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Gingrich, being a magnanimous man, cleared out of Michigan for Santorum to take on Romney alone.


4 posted on 02/24/2012 1:30:56 PM PST by Red Steel
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Steelfish is not going to like this poll at all.


5 posted on 02/24/2012 1:31:32 PM PST by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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Please be smarter than this, Michigan voters.


6 posted on 02/24/2012 1:31:32 PM PST by Yaelle (Rick Santorum 2012)
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Ras consistently demonstrates in numbers the demise of the American intellect, values, and her Constitution. Santorum may be a gaffe machine, shooting both feet off in concert with shooting off his mouth, an unnecessarily unsubtle oaf, but he is not an empty suit with hair, and he is a Christian willing to defend the faith of the nation’s founding, its Constitution, its Bill of Rights.

Romney is a proud, fine socialist, at a time when government of, by and FOR a free people is in peril, but key to our survival.


11 posted on 02/24/2012 1:35:29 PM PST by RitaOK (LET 'ER RIP, NEWT. Newt knows where all the bodies are buried, because he buried them.)
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Gingrich to Michigan: Change or Die
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12 posted on 02/24/2012 1:35:34 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Cometh the hour, cometh the man. NEWT GINGRICH 2012)
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I can no longer invest life energy in a race in which the electorate is so easily swayed by Television Commercials. I think I’ll devote the rest of my year to disrespecting Obama.


15 posted on 02/24/2012 1:38:51 PM PST by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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To: Mariner; Marguerite; onyx; Christie at the beach

This poll is not surprising after the double team by Ron and Mitt, plus Rick’s debate performance. I expect the margin to widen.

What I’m really wondering is, is there a hope that Newt and Rick could team up? Now that it is pretty obvious that Ron and Mitt have a deal, I don’t see Rick being strong armed into a ticket with Mitt, even if the GOP E may have had that in mind.

I would think that there is too much bad blood on the floor between the two. We need to keep the ticket as conservative as possible.

Newt is by far the superior leader IMHO, but if he and Rick could work together, I think Newt could get enough done in 4 years that he could then step aside and let his VP, Rick, run. In that length of time Rick could learn a lot from Newt and be more ready to lead.

If Mitt and Ron want to play that game, surely we can find a way to out maneuver them.

Would love to see a discussion of this. Thanks!


16 posted on 02/24/2012 1:42:23 PM PST by conservativejoy
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I’m just glad the governor doesn’t expect us to be team players in November because I don’t think I’m going to feel like taking one for the team if he’s the nominee.


21 posted on 02/24/2012 1:45:35 PM PST by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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No surprise at all; the early Santorum leads were illusory. People of MI nearly always do as expected.


23 posted on 02/24/2012 1:49:11 PM PST by Theodore R. (Forget the others: It's Santorum's turn, less baggage, articulate, passionate)
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No surprise at all; the early Santorum leads were illusory. People of MI nearly always do as expected or instructed.


24 posted on 02/24/2012 1:49:29 PM PST by Theodore R. (Forget the others: It's Santorum's turn, less baggage, articulate, passionate)
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Just got my fifth robo call from the Romney campaign today. TV is filled with his attack ads. Santorum is shown with a stupid smile on his face as the narrator “explains” about Rick’s big government background.

Five Romney calls in one day matches my previous record from Tuesday. Gotta believe there will be at least two or three more before bedtime.

If Santorum wins in Michigan, Romney will have truly failed on a vast scale. He must be spending a fortune here.


30 posted on 02/24/2012 1:52:54 PM PST by kjo (+)
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I am sick of the lies and smears from Romney, and now Santorum is pretending to his prayed for voters that Reagan's right hand man is just another Obama. I'VE HAD IT. Who ever our nominee is...I'M VOTING FOR NEWT, I'll write him in with blood or CARVE it into the voting screen, if I have to!!
35 posted on 02/24/2012 1:59:04 PM PST by Cindy of Nashville (What has the Democrat party become???)
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Not good,

In addition to Obamacare type program in MA. Romney was also creating a cap and trade, CO2 reduction program for MA. He consulted the science Czar John Holdren. link

50 posted on 02/24/2012 2:18:32 PM PST by opentalk
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Michigan Republicans can’t be this stupid. C’mon people! SANTORUM!


69 posted on 02/24/2012 2:39:20 PM PST by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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Given how much money Romney has spent to get a small lead in the polls, he's already lost. He's supposedly the front-runner because he's got so much money and he's being bled white by a guy who's spending 1/10 the amount.

Romney = LOSER.
97 posted on 02/24/2012 3:00:46 PM PST by Antoninus (Mitt Romney -- attempting to execute a hostile take-over of the Republican Party.)
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I checked the questions, and I can confirm that I was one of the 750 polled last night. I chose Santorum.

My preferences at this point are:

1. No to Obama
2. No to Romney
3. Yes to Santorum
4. Yes to Gingrich
5. Yes to SOC - “some other candidate”

I’m not likely to change my mind about 1. and 2. (Although I will vote for Romney with less enthusiasm than I voted for McCain.) But I could change my mind concerning 3. 4. and 5.


164 posted on 02/24/2012 4:31:15 PM PST by econprof
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Michiganders are too gullible


172 posted on 02/24/2012 5:22:33 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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Saint o’ Rum or Centrum, or whatever his name is, needs to adopt the Gingrich noisy and in your face strategy so as to offset the whiney, needy, dependent aspects of Romney’s negative lame ads.


178 posted on 02/24/2012 5:51:45 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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I usually post the latest polls, but yesterday I literally had one of the moderators tell me to stop posting the latest polls in breaking news..

Today I log in and log at breaking news... and here this post is. I don’t understand when a poll constitutes breaking news and when it doesn’t. I have been busting my tail for months posting the latest polls of the race usually within minutes of them being released. Sometimes even before they were released by posting the tweets that they were about to be released. And yet yesterday I get dressed down for my selfless efforts to make this site the go-to stop for the latest up to date information on the race. And I was doing it for free.

I don’t get it.


187 posted on 02/24/2012 10:03:19 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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