Posted on 12/13/2011 1:56:35 PM PST by smoothsailing
December 13, 2011
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich continues to hold a strong lead in Iowa, according to a new poll released Tuesday. Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has moved into third place ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Gingrich leads the field with 27 percent support while Texas Rep. Ron Paul comes in second with 17 percent (up from 13 percent in an Insider Advantage poll released in late November). Perry has 13 percent, up from 7 percent in the November poll, and Romney has 12 percent.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has 10 percent, former Pennsylvania Gov. Rick Santorum garners 7 percent support, and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman rounds out the field with 4 percent support.
The poll comes on the heels of Saturday night's debate in Des Moines, where Gingrich fended off numerous attacks from his rivals, and Romney came under fire for offering Perry a $10,000 bet.
Perry, who rocketed to the top of the field after his entrance in August but plummeted in the polls in the wake of several poor debate performances, has seen his numbers rise in Iowa as he blankets the state's airwaves with ads highlighting his faith and his anti-Washington credentials.
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Other than THAT, he’s a die hard conservative.... ; )
There's still time. I'm hoping Romney drops to at least 5th.
OMG I think I’m going to have to pay my wager with JimRob.
:-)
Not an insignificant point.
“I want to see Romney come in 4th in Iowa JUST to enjoy the talking heads sitting in a circle explaining how they got it so wrong!”
It will just be another shopworn reiteration of how knuckledraggers in flyover country cannot understand the awesomeness of Northeastern elitists.
Woohoo!
Whoo Hoo for Rick Perry. The polls will continue to climb for him .
Great news for Perry. He better watch out for incoming from the tax attorney/foster mom.
Which specific points in the letter do you disagree with?
I hope you agree with most all of the letter, because most all of it makes a lot of sense.
Note: I am not a Paul supporter, but I do try to understand everyone’s point of view. His stances on the issues, are of course, the most intellectually honest and principled of any candidate we have ever seen. He does extend his belief in extremely limited government to limited foreign intervention, which is logically consistent, but maybe unrealistic in today’s world.
Nobody’s gonna break-a his stride,
Nobody’s gonna slow him down.
He’s gonna keep on moving’.
Let’s go Perry! He sounded good on Hannity. It’s really hard to sound good on Hannity.
Looks like he peaked sometime before the last debate and has been losing support since.
"Well, more bad news for Governor Perry. Yes, that's right. He thinks McDonalds is a farm. Its actually a fast-food restaurant. Let's go to reporter Brad Watson for the horrible news on Perry tonight!"
"Brad?"
Ron Paul’s supporters will all be on Winter break from school, and at home...
Looks like it, doesn’t it? There are those in Iowa that want nothing to do with Newt and are alerting a whole slew of Iowans.
Perry is a fireball, an extremely hard worker. Those first few debates you could see him crashing, last half. It was due to that back surgery. He’s at 100% now and is cooking.
When Hannity asked him about his poor early debate performances, and what he would have done differently, Perry said he really underestimated the effect the back surgery would have on him. He said he's running up to 15-20 miles a week and feels much better.
FWIW.
Perry has grit...and a campaign style that takes no prisoners...he can DESTROY Obama !
Rick Perry is going to get the nomination. Just watch.
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