NBC/WSJ poll: Newt double-digits over Romney nationally

Politico ^ | 12/13/11 | MAGGIE HABERMAN

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Newt Gingrich has opened a major lead nationally over Mitt Romney, who is still stuck in roughly the same place he has been throughout the year, according to new NBC/WSJ poll numbers.

At the same time, Gingrich has real red flags for a general election, the survey found.

In the GOP matchups, Gingrich is at 40 percent to Romney's 23 percent. Everyone else is in single digits - Ron Paul gets 9 percent, Michele Bachmann 8 percent, Rick Perry 6 percent, Jon Huntsman 5 percent and Rick Santorum 3 percent.

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The MSM is garbage but they always have been. The basic truth is that we haven't had any exceptional people - or at least exceptional enough - step up. We have loads of successful leaders, accomplished managers, proven officers among the 100 million or so eligible folks in this country but somehow, all we ended up with was this collection.

Newt has floated to the top because he demonstrated his ability to think on his feet, has some innovative ideas, and he has the nerve to face people and tell the truth. The debates showed all of these contestants in the harsh full light of public view and that's how it panned out. As Newt has pointed out, our mission is to get Obama and the rest of his cruddy, crooked administration out and maybe behind bars.

I would have preferred a younger version of Ronald Reagan who was a combat veteran and has been married to the same lady all his life. Nobody like that showed up.

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