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Posted on 01/26/2012 4:13:09 PM PST by VinL
Newt Gingrich is outpacing Mitt Romney by a comfortable margin among Republican voters nationwide, but also is showing evidence of the vulnerabilities that could hurt the former House speaker in a general election, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
With the two rivals fighting it out in Florida after Mr. Gingrich's big South Carolina victory last week, the poll found Republicans nationwide favoring Mr. Gingrich 37% to 28% over Mr. Romney. GOP voters gave the former House speaker high marks for knowledge and experience, while they continued to harbor doubts about Mr. Romney's positions on the issues and his feel for average Americans. WSJ/NBC News Poll
Poll archive: Results of previous WSJ/NBC News polls
But the survey also finds that many Americans overall, notably political independents, hold negative feelings about Mr. Gingrich, and that Mr. Romney fares considerably better in a hypothetical matchup against Democratic President Barack Obama.
The poll captures on a larger stage much of the drama playing out now in Florida, where Mr. Romney is scrambling to stop Mr. Gingrich's resurgence by jabbing at his weaknesses. After trailing at the start of the week, Mr. Romney has moved to even or just ahead in more recent polls. Florida holds its primary next Tuesday.
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This far out, I am not at all worried about Newt’s chances in the general election. Mitt Romney’s chances, on the other hand, are plain enough.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bain Capital owned most of these pollsters like they own Rush’s sindication
WOOT!
Go Gingrich !
I just wish this poll was from Florida :(
YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS
Are you suggesting that Rush is influenced by Bain Capital?
this means jack diddly
Newt loses Florida it will be a hard crawl unless Sheldon Adelson or Trump or the Kochs want to pony up
Romney and his vast smear apparatus...basically all of what we think of as public face of conservatism except;
Palin, Thompson, Rush, Levin and a few others...are in the tank for Romney and were never very conservative...they just assumed the mantle
A REPEAT of 1980:
Newt is the favorite of conservatives...but he’s also unelectable.
...or so we were told, over and over.
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WE are in agreement! ;)
All 33 comments to the WSJ article are pro-Romney and virulently anti-Newt. The Wall Street Journal: Figures!
Thompson endorsed Gingrich today:
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/2aaa9145121b484eb065da2537068de8/GA—Thompson-Gingrich/
Levin has been blasting Romney on his show today:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2838470/posts
Listen to the 1st hour of MarK Levin tonight...
Hes not for Romney at all...
its all over Twitter too
Mark took Romney to the woodshed...
Private equity firms including Bain Capital employ 10% of the work force in this country. It’s a questionable business model which allows them to make extremely safe profits while shifting all the risk to other entities. You can be sure they are all backing Romney any way they can to make sure the gravy train doesn’t grind to a halt. Granted, they’ve had a harder time operating since the credit crisis but that will turn around at some point and they want to continue to be able to cash in.
Go Newt! Ransack and pillage the ranks of the establishment on your way to Washington. Break their spineless wet noodle backs and stack the rino carcasses on Pennsylvania Avenue when you get there.
PALIN??/ Are you on vacation on a deserted island or something? Palin is all for Newt - was anyway - we will see tonight on Stossel what she says. Fox business.
LOL!
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