Posted on 02/09/2012 2:07:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Rick Santorum’s sweep of contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri this week has sent his popularity soaring in the latest national opinion polling by Gallup.
Gallup’s daily tracking poll now has him tied with a fading Newt Gingrich for second place -- and those lines will almost certainly cross in Friday’s poll release.
Mitt Romney is still the national leader, with 36% support from Republican voters. Santorum and Gingrich are at 20% each. Ron Paul trails with 11%.
Last week, just after losing to Romney in the Florida primary, Gingrich was at 26% in Gallup’s polling and Santorum was at 16%.
The tracking numbers released Thursday afternoon showed Santorum gaining three points since Wednesday. But the latest numbers are still largely composed of polling conducted before his triple victory. Once the old numbers are dropped out and the new ones are fully cranked into the mix, expect the former Pennsylvania senator to emerge as the clear runner-up to Romney.
One item to watch will be how far Gingrich’s numbers fall, and where the latest bottom is for the former House speaker. Last month, before his lone primary victory — in South Carolina — he was at 15% in the Gallup track. His current slide is likely to test that bottom.
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Mitt Romney needs to drop out so that we can have a real contest between Gingrich, Santorum, and Crazy Uncle Ron.
Fine bunch we conservatives are.
We shake our fists at the establishment GOP and all it took were a massive smear job on Newt to send some of us running like wimps.
We demanded a fighter, and we ran when the fight got hot.
But don’t worry, the EGOP won’t touch this guy. Noooooo sir!
It ain’t over til it’s over.
What these guys should do is both attack Romney non-stop. Everyone says one should dropout so the other would have their support but not if they both go after Romney.
I hope that’s what they do. Then Rick & Newt can go at it and I’ll be happy with either.
“Mitt Romney needs to drop out so that we can have a real contest between Gingrich, Santorum, and Crazy Uncle Ron.”
Now that is something that both Newt AND Rick supporters can agree on!
Spot on. Newt was just too mean, arrogant, negative and unelectable for conservatives, actually he is serious, informed, candid and very electable, but whatever. So now we are going to face Obama with family photo ops, sweater vests, and just plain sweetness. This will be a debacle.
Newt is done. I just hope he stays in long enough to beat up Romney beyond repair.
It ain’t over til it’s over.”
Rocky Balboa: Ain’t nothing over til it’s over.
Mason Dixon: What’s that from? The ‘80’s?
Rocky Balboa: That’s probably from the ‘70’s.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqyw8fz7afc
Now we are getting nowhere!! LOL!!!
It ain’t over til it’s over.
Newt needs to be our president.
GO NEWT GO—it’s about the survival of our country!!
A couple of weeks ago, Santorum was decried as coming across as "too mean and angry."
I'm sure he can handle the criticism from either direction, but would ya'll just make up your minds already?
Newt can’t win a national election. Most of his troubles are self created.
He is a playground of material for the opposition.
When he entered this race, he didn’t plan on getting as far as he has.
He has peaked.
This is Santorum’s peak. Now he gets the long knives treatment. A few more public appearances contrasting Santorum and Newt and we’ll see Santorum slip back down with only the single issue social conservatives on his side.
I made up my mind the second newt took on CNN. Thought that was what we wanted. Santorum and Romney play along with them and allow themselves to be baited.
Because Newt and the Republican party will have enough money to compete against Obama. They won’t be outspent 5 to 1 or 12 to 1 or whatever it was. I’ll flip it around, what makes you think Obama can defeat Newt if he can’t outspend Newt 5 to 1? Or Mitt defeat Obama? There are no caucuses in the general election, which puts Santorum at a disadvantage.
Newt was reelected to the House and resigned of his own accord. He wasn’t going to win the Speakership back because the Clinton impeachment backfired and lost seats in the House. This was also back when cowardly RINOs ran from the media and threw Newt under the bus, thinking no one would come for them next. Then see 2006. Congressional Republicans never fight for their own...see Trent Lott or others. As soon as one of their own becomes an “issue” with the media, they throw them under the bus. They are a cowardly lot.
Fixed it for you...
OBAMA can’t win a national election. Most of his troubles are self created.
OBAMA is a playground of material for the opposition.
When OBAMA entered this race, he didn’t plan on getting as far as he has.
OBAMA has peaked.
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