[Jrabbit]

This is an online poll???

[Kenny]

Lot more political savvy people than me here, can Newt turn it around?

[DarthVader]

Reuters/Ipsos and on-line. You couldn’t ask for a better liberal push poll.

[TitansAFC]

While it is undoubtedly true that Santorum hurts Newt and will likely hand the nomination to Mitt, I have little faith in online polls - especially those that don’t have Ron Paul winning with 70% of the vote.

[bksanders]

"Reuters/Ipsos South Carolina Republican Primary Poll

Mitt Romney 37%
Rick Santorum 16%
Ron Paul 16%
Newt Gingrich 12%

"The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online from Jan. 10-13 with a sample of 995 South Carolina registered voters. It included 398 Republicans and 380 Democrats."

…nuff said…

[xzins]

Statistical margins of error are not applicable to online surveys but this poll of 732 likely voters has a credibility interval of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points. GINGRICH STRONGER IN HEAD-TO-HEAD Conservatives are still somewhat splintered. The poll found that Gingrich and Romney would be virtually tied if Santorum and Paul dropped out of the race. Romney would win by 50 percent to 48 percent if the race were just between him and Gingrich.

The above is the fine print. First, it appears to be an online poll. They say that the issue isn't error but credibility. The problem with online polls, imho, is that the respondents self-select. That makes those people responding other than random.

Notice in the other part of this that no one is suggesting that Paul drop out. No one expects him to. Santorum dropping out, though, is discussed. If that were to happen, those numbers would go to Gingrich. It is Paul who has the younger, more liberal followers who would go to Romney.

If Santorum drops out, and it isn't like that Paul would, then Gingrich would be helped.

[eclecticEel]

The online poll

Are they serious?

[ConfidentConservative]

ON LINE POLL, LOL

[newzjunkey]

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum trails with 13 percent

The margin and then some. That's something for those considering Santorum need to think about because a win for Romney here, especially a big win as suggested by this poling, could end the contest here and now.

[toddausauras]

Get out Santorum. He won’t though. I’ll bet you that Santorum endorsed Romney when he drops out. I smell status quo on that guy.

[goodtomato]

I reside in South Central Florida, Highlands County. Last night I attended the monthly Republican Executive Committee Meeting. About 40 attended. Our chairmen, who is also the County Chairperson of the Gingrich Campaign(he personally is, not as the County Republican Chairman)was not in attendance. As the meeting was about to end, the County Chairman of the Santourm and Romney campaigns wanted to say a few words. The Vice Chairman said that the Chairman (who was not in attendance) did not want any campaign speeches. The crowd objected and the Vice Chairman allowed them to speak. Each gave a 5 min. talk about their canidates.As soon as they were done the Secretary interrupted and said that she just got off the phone with the Chairman and relayed the message that he had been getting many phone calls, requesting Gingrich signs, but Gingrich has not sent any. Strange meeting, but it is what it is.
This County went for Romney in 08 in the primary, and for McCain in the general. 28,000 registered republicans out of a population of about 60,000 voters.
just a inside look of Florida for my FRiends.

[jmaroneps37]

Notice there is no talk of how many respondents answered the poll. The Sun Coast poll had over 2500 and Newt was at 35.46% to Willard's 35.08% but we don't like that poll which is five times larger than any other so we don't talk about it /s/

Newt may yet pull this out. If not he will not be embarrassed. When Santorum leaves Newt gets a boost. Pray that God helps us.