Posted on 01/15/2012 9:17:23 PM PST by VinL
An exclusive InsiderAdvantage poll released Sunday night shows GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney gaining in his lead in the South Carolina primary while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is holding steady in second place.
In the poll of 720 likely registered voters in South Carolina GOP Primary, Romney was leading with 32 percent of the vote. Gingrich was second with 21 percent followed by Ron Paul with 14 percent.
The rundown:
* Romney: 32% * Gingrich: 21% * Paul: 14% * Santorum: 13% * Huntsman: 6% * Perry: 5% * Other: 2% * Undecided/ No opinion: 7%
“The poll is among likely voters who are registered in South Carolina and are likely to vote in the Republican contest. The survey is weighted for age, race, and gender,” said InsiderAdvantage chief pollster Matt
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With Huntsman’s imminent departure, endorsing Romney on his way out, it will increase Mitt’s lead a few points further. The three conservatives have got to pull together SOON.
According to this, InsiderAdvantage seems to be a pretty accurate polling outfit. It’s CEO is a former Gingrich “top strategist”:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_or_what_is_insider_advantage_political_pollster
Good luck with that.
Santorum has a 12-13% bunch who just won’t budge, no matter what the consequences. Just look at FR.
We’re screwed.
I just can’t believe people are being so stubborn. We only have a short amount of time to turn this around. It would be such a great feeling to see all of the forces unite.
Rick will hang in there until Mitt has it locked up.
Rick ties up the evangelical-fundamentalist vote that doesn’t like Mitt because he’s a Mormon and prevents it from joining forces with a conservative candidate to beat Romney.
“...It would be such a great feeling to see all of the forces unite....”
I have been saying this every stinking election. It never happens. You always get some Iowa pipe-dreamer claiming momentum and refusing to ever drop out, even when the end result of their selfish ambition is obvious.
It will happen in 2016, too. You’ll have another upstart with no chance in hell of winning the nomination get an Iowa boost and then spend the next month splitting Conservative votes. And the Establishment will win again.
The fact that we can’t get the voters who are far behind to move to another candidate is typical, but it is no less disheartening every time it happens.
I will NEVER forgive Rick Santorum if he does what it looks like he’s going to do. This will be Arlen Specter on STEROIDS.
Votes will move after the debate on Monday, seems things get pretty dynamic in the last 3 or 4 days.
LOL Perry being behind someone who dropped out!
For the sake of two egos Newt may not be able to prevent Romney from a sweep, going into Florida, and Ron Paul continues to run his Third Party campaign inside the Republican Party. Does it look like the FIX is in, or just what is going on?
Is it even possible there are no capitlists left in America who give 2 cents for the Consitution?
Who are the three Conservatives? I automatically discount the two anti Free enterprise candidates in Newt and Perry.
Is it even possible there are no capitlists left in America who give 2 cents for the Consitution?
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Not in the ruling class, Rita. They are the constitution.
If you are interested in small honest Constitutional government Paul is your man. He is very good on the Constitution and spending.
Santorum should drop out. His Iowa showing was a fluke, and he is remarkably unimpressive in his presentations, despite the fact that he represents my social views.
Gingrich should start dropping Mandarin phrases. Appears to be worth 6 percent.
Santorum won’t drop out. He’ll continue to be a POS and split the vote to the bitter end.
Perry needs to drop out, he is not going anywhere.
Paul is not the only fiscal conservative in the race; he is however the only candidate who is totally bats@*t nuts. To me, that’s a Presidential disqualifier.
I wouldn’t mind seeing Paul as head of e Federal Reserve however. He’d be the perfect replacement for Bernanke.
Nw, I’m for Newt. But frankly, I don’t care which one of the 3 drops out. Two of them have to drop from SOUTH CAROLINA. They can continue on in Florida if they wish. But, giving the Mite SC, is giving him the nomination.
Even if both Ricks dropped out, the race still looks way too tight, especially since this is supposed to be the first conservative Southern state. See the math below. If the conservatives are polling even with the moderates here, then they really don’t have a chance anywhere else.
Ron Paul is the true spoiler in the race. His support has doubled and tripled since last time. And he is not going to be dropping out.
The Republican primary voters are basically showing themselves to be as dumb, uninformed and manipulatable by the media as general election voters. The solution to changing this race has to be based on changing the minds of the voters at this point. The candidates dropping out isn’t going to be enough to win this. If there isn’t some kind of game-changer in the narrative in the next 5 days then the chances of a non-Romney winning will be dealt a serious blow.
Newt + Ricks = 39%
Romney + Huntsman = 38%
Paul: 14%
Other: 2%
Undecided: 7%
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