[redgirlinabluestate]

Actually, it was more than a brief "blip." Romney's taken a big upswing in the polls since Ames. He's leading in Michigan, Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire and is moving up in Florida and South Carolina as well. He's doing very well in all the early primary states. He's also recently made great strides in the national polling too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890556/posts?page=8#8

[kevkrom]

Actually, it was more than a brief "blip." Romney's taken a big upswing in the polls since Ames. He's leading in Michigan, Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire

Yes, it was a "blip". He was already leading Iowa, his lead is down to about half of its highest point. He already had led New Hampshire, and now Guiliani is within MOE of him there. Michigan is essentially tied with Guiliani, despite being a state where Romney has "roots". I call BS on Nevada -- polls there have been a mixed bag, showing no trends whatsoever... virtually anyone can claim to be in first there right now.

and is moving up in Florida and South Carolina as well

Well, he did break into double-digits in Florida, so I guess that's an improvement. Why he's actually polling near his national average there now!

Latest SC: Giuliani 21, Thompson 23, McCain 14, Romney 10 -- this is "moving up"?

He's also recently made great strides in the national polling too.

Rasmussen, Gallup, and ARG all have him with 2-3 point leads over dead-duck McCain. Liberal-biased Quinnapiac, which gives Romney an edge, has him at McCain +4. Hardly breakout numbers.