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Flashback: Iowa Poll: Gingrich Leads Paul, Romney
newsmax.com ^
| 03 Dec 2011
Posted on 12/12/2015 3:19:39 PM PST by Helicondelta
A surge in support for Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has made him the new front-runner in Iowa, which holds the first of next year's U.S. presidential nominating contests, according to a closely watched opinion poll published Saturday.
Gingrich, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, has support from 25 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers, up from just 7 percent in late October, the poll conducted for The Des Moines Register newspaper found.
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Texas Representative Ron Paul and Romney finished second and third, with support at 18 percent and 16 percent, respectively.
Support for Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann and former pizza magnate Herman Cain, who dropped out of the race on Saturday, was tied at 8 percent in the Register poll.
Texas Governor Rick Perry and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum each drew 6 percent
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Anyone with leadership qualities would have beaten Romney.
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posted on
12/12/2015 4:16:10 PM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Note: this topic is from 3 Dec 2011. Thanks Helicondelta.
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posted on
12/12/2015 4:28:22 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Helicondelta
Admittedly, that does need to be kept in perspective. We’re still 2 months away from the primary.
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posted on
12/12/2015 4:33:13 PM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support the troops pray for their victory!)
To: BCrago66
ROFL.
Maybe you didn’t read the article.
Des Moines Register polls are garbage.
Santorum won the caucus on January 3rd.
According to Des Garbage he was polling at 6%.
Never trust newspapers with French names!!
To: erkelly
Trump has not faced the Super PAC ad bombardment that Newt did, not yet. Not even close.
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posted on
12/12/2015 5:28:47 PM PST
by
C. Edmund Wright
(WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
I like Cruz, and know he has a good ground game in Iowa, but in the jargon of the professional pollster, this is bull****. Partisan Media Shills alert.
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posted on
12/12/2015 7:17:42 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Helicondelta
Smart post. It makes a point about the electorate in Iowa.
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posted on
12/13/2015 5:11:02 AM PST
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jmaroneps37
(Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.VE)
To: dforest
sour grapes corrode the mind
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posted on
12/14/2015 4:12:43 PM PST
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Thibodeaux
(this time really is different)
To: Thibodeaux
That was not sour grapes. I like Newt. That was just a fact and everyone knows it.
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12/14/2015 4:22:57 PM PST
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dforest
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