Posted on 01/17/2012 4:53:40 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
We’ll see if a rough debate or a stumble in South Carolina derail the Romney train, but so far, he’s on path for a big, big win at the end of the month in Florida: Two weeks away from the Presidential Preference Primary, Mitt Romney holds a commanding lead over the Republican presidential pack in Florida, according to a Sunshine State News Poll of likely primary voters. Romney tops the poll, which was conducted by Harrisburg, Pa.-based Voter Survey Service (VSS), with 46 percent. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich places a distant second with 20 percent. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who lost the Iowa caucus to Romney by eight votes, takes third with 12 percent.
Romney can beat two or three notromneys, but he can't beat us all united on one candidate. We have GOT to beat Obama, and in order to even have a fighting chance at beating Obama, we've got to beat Romney first.
Even if this poll is to be believed, Florida won't pick a conservative anyways. Which is ok, there's more primaries after it in which the unified conservative base can stomp Romney.
I’m no Romney fan, but no one ‘clings’ to a 26-point margin.
Even so, after Santorum coming from nowhere to more-or-less win here, I don’t believe the polls except the one election nite.
They want (like the State-Run-Media) the Establishment Candidate, aka, Romney-the-RINO to assure an Obama win.
RIGHT NOW, Santorum and Perry need to throw their support to Newt (you can't do anything about The Ralien, RP, and his support is from the fringe and Democrat cross-overs, anyway).
Romney-the-RINO cannot carry more than about 30% in a two-man race, IMHO.
Newt said today on Laura Ingraham’s show that, since Romney has so much money, he can start advertising in the various primary states well in advance of when the other candidates can.
Don’t lose hope. Funny thing is, I got a poll call for the GOP twice and BOTH times, the automated system allowed me to answer if I would be voting in the upcoming primary and then hung up on me before I could answer which candidate. These polls mean nothing.
He's being snarky. NRO is completely in the tank for Romney. They're spiking the football.
There is no such thing as a "26-Point Lead" (sic) in Florida. There is only a poll. It should clearly say "poll" right in the title. This is not a vote total, this is not an election night return. This is not a delegate total. This could be contradicted by any number of polls.
Folks, we are losing our democracy when everything starts to become fused around POLLS and the MANAGEMENT OF REALITY BY THE STATE CONTROLLED MEDIA.
When is the last time on the evening news you saw them end the political story of the day with a "running delegate-to-date" tote chart (Race to the Nomination) that was standard in every presidential election I can remember up until about 20 years ago??
And to insist that any conservative get out of this race based on POLLS only is ludicrous and very disingenous.
If we ever cross into the language of "this one ought to get out", and "this one ought to stay". it should be based on what the current delegate totals are for the candidates. As I have said in that regard, among Conservatives left in the race, SANTORUM still leads Gingrich and Perry in Iowa and New Hampshire delegates as of this very Tuesday night (and just may well be declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses in the next 24 hours).
Ah, I see. Hope they don’t spike too early, I’ve seen no fat lady singing yet.
Poll is a joke.
Add all the Conservative vote and you still won’t beat Mittens in FL is this poll is anywhere near accurate.
Santorum 12
+
Gingrich 20
Subtract from Milt 46
Still a 14 point deficit. Why bother getting out when we have a Proportional Delegate scheme this year. Mittens may win the vote, but he won’t win all of what is important. Delegates.
nro prays its a 26 point lead.I just dont see the people of fla. being that stupid again.
DELEGATES are everything. Not all states are winner take all. It is a race for DELEGATES for the finish line (needed to nominate).
< i>Rick Santorum is the leading Conservative in the race with delegates pledged to him to vote Santorum in Tampa next summer. That may change on Saturday night, but as of now, he is the CONSERVATIVE FRONTRUNNER. Can't people ADD anymore, understand basic American civics, and get that through their thick skulls??!!
No. Au contraire. It’s time for YOU to get out.
CLINGS?????????????????????????
This is the terminology of desperation not a winner.
Once Romney releases his Tax records ... it may be that his 26 points slips down to minus numbers.
CLINGS???????????
Is this a joke or a liberal agenda to make Mittens the victim?
Is Florida a “winner take all” state?
So what the hell was he going to do before he had this change of heart, bail after three primaries? We need someone who will fight through the whole race and it doesn't look like that's Newt. Even his decision to stay in was tempered by a statement that implied he'd only stay in if it wasn't a blowout.
Things change and we need to take our best shot at this. I'm not at all confident putting our entire effort behind one guy.
oooh, *kife*
JANUARY 17, 2012 Fla poll: Dead heat between Obama and Romney, who leads I-4 corridor tampabay
Among the 218 Republicans surveyed, Romney had the support of 42 percent, followed by 16 percent for Newt Gingrich, 13 percent for Rick Santorum, 9 percent for Ron Paul, 6 percent for Rick Perry, and 3 percent for Jon Huntsman. Ten percent were undecided.
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