Newt LEADS in Florida though, and South Carolina is his back yard. Romney has already started negative ads against Newt in Florida, so Newt’s Super PAC is going to go all out against Romney, be damn the torpedos. With a little help from the Santorum and Perry campaigns Romney will, at last, FINALLY, get a punch in the nose himself! His PAC has swamped our guys, allowing him to pick them off one at a time. It is time for an alliance between the non-Romneys.
These polls have not yet absorbed the fact that Santorum practically won Iowa. That will take a few days to sink in.
If many voters conclude that Santorum has a chance, and is a viable alternative to Gingrich, I believe they will shift to Santorum.
But we won’t know for a few days.