Posted on 12/29/2011 6:22:38 PM PST by TBBT
Rick Perry’s presidential campaign released a tough new ad Thursday targeting Rick Santorum and his history of supporting earmarks in Congress. Why is Perry attacking a candidate who has been mired in single digits in Iowa despite living there for most of the past several months?
Simple, Santorum is surging. A CNN poll of registered Iowa Republicans released Wednesday puts Santorum in third place with 16 percent of the vote – his highest share yet. It’s not an outlier. In fact, data from Perry’s internal daily tracking polling shows that the Santorum surge is real and that he has the potential to continue gaining in the days before voters gather for the caucuses next Tuesday.
The polling was described to TWS by a strategist for a rival campaign and confirmed by a source familiar with the numbers. The four important takeaways from Perry’s polling: Mitt Romney is “pulling away” from a group of four second-tier candidates bunched together behind him; Ron Paul’s numbers have dropped steadily in the aftermath of the attention given his troubling newsletters; Santorum’s rise has coincided with the erosion of support for Newt Gingrich; and Michele Bachmann is in danger of becoming a non-factor in the race.
Almost all of this is good news for Mitt Romney, who announced in recent days a busy schedule of Iowa campaigning and whose campaign let it be known that he would remain overnight in Iowa after the caucuses – both indications that the Romney camp is increasingly confident of a win in Iowa next week. And Romney, in an appearance in Iowa on Thursday, said only a win in Iowa would constitute a real victory.
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Simple math is: if you or someone you love got butthurt in 2010, expect about 125% the same butthurt this November.
Very well stated. Thank you. The lesser of two evils is still evil. If a Republican candidate wants my vote, then they must share my convictions. And compromising with liberals is not one of my convictions. Santorum is the real deal. He stands for what I believe. And he has earned my support.
If Romney is the nominee, I will actively seek his defeat.
I will not only vote third party, American Independent, but I will work to convince as many people as possible to do the same.
The current head of the ACU is a Romney supporter. Imagine that.
Both ratings were compiled before the "current head" of the ACU became the head of the ACU.
Understand that.
I get that you don’t answer questions special know it all.
Only recently and only to split the conservative vote, just like I explained. If Santorum was ever really a threat to Romney, the Romneybots wouldn’t be cheerleading his recent “surge.”
Why are you so intent on attacking and undercutting the conservative candidates?
Newt will be lucky to come in 4th -- he's tied with Perry in the latest polling. He had a little run after Cain imploded but then people started remembering all the ways he has attacked conservatism over the past 15 years and he quickly faded.
Get off that fat old fraud's bandwagon before he takes any more of your money!
And my Senators are even worse. Johnny Isakson is the worst Senator we have had since Herman Talmadge. Unfortunately, we are stuck with him for another five years. Why? Because he was the lesser of two evils. I am sick of it, and they can all go straight to hell.
Hugs back at you, Fatima. ((( )))
My biggest butthurt in ‘10 was watching Lisa Murkowski completely turn feral in order to keep her Alaska seat.
And watching ‘Republican’ Senators give her cover and support in her new Independent life.
She and Corzine are lizard people.
(((((Hugs))))) Double hugs (((((Hugs)))))
>> Internal Polling: Romney is “pulling away” <<
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Yep, inside my anus, Mitt is definitely “pulling away!”
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>> “Evangelicals are going to screw us.” <<
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You’re insane.
Then the Newt supporters better get on board and support the candidate who has the best chance of winning Iowa - Rick Santorum.
Should this be the path, we could be seeing Romney versus one Conservative candidate. Given Conservative’s distaste for Romney, I actually would like our chances in a one on one match up with Santorum.
To the detractors, give the guy some credit. He's smart, a good debater, articulate and Conservative.
To those who still are so sure that Santorum can't play well on a National level, remember past elections where similar beliefs were proven wrong....Obama in 2008 and Clinton in 1992. It's a tough climb, but it is possible.
Noot is going to give it to his twin Bro Romney.
Noot didn’t belong in this, but the MSM injected him through false push polls and handling him with kid gloves in the “debates.”
Noot is grinning from ear to ear.
all he ever wanted was to kill conservative politics, and now he has.
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The most successful conservative leader of the last 20 years belongs on this ticket. Speaker of the House rates higher than ineffectual congresswoman and a defeated senator who bears a distinct resemblance to Gomer Pyle.
Iowa isn’t going to pick my candidate for me.
Newt and Santorum should announce they’re teaming up on one ticket. Newt has to be on top. Everyone will have to agree he has to remain in the presidential race and keep doing the debates, so he has to be on top. Teaming up is the best way to consolidate the conservative vote and top Romney.
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