Romney is only ahead because the conservatives are splitting the vote. Naturally, he’ll only be beaten once Perry and one of Santorum/Gingrich drop out. That’s not new info.
Not long ago, Newt led these polls, before that, Cain, before that, Perry.
The big picture is that Romney wasn’t getting a plurality in the southern states. Split vote and all...there were poll leaders and they weren’t named Mitt.
THat appears to have changed.
That truth hurts us all; it hurts Conservatives; it hurts America.
Perry has a double burden...he’s off running for President and not doing very well, therefore Texans could well take a dim view of that.
Which would help both Newt and Santorum among those who know better than to vote Romney, to poll as high as they do compared to their own Governor.
But that Romney has moved up this much in the southern tier is highly disturbing.
“Romney is only ahead because the conservatives are splitting the vote.”
I would have assumed that to be true but according to this poll if it was just Romney and Perry, Romney edges Perry by a point. statistically insignificant but pretty bad for Perry to have lost so much ground in his home state.