Mitt Romney’s rivals took aim at him in the Sunday-morning debate, but it’s hard to see a scenario where he loses all of his currently gargantuan lead in New Hampshire : 20 percentage points, 24 percentage points, 15 percentage points, 24 percentage points, and 17 percentage points in the past five polls. Then there’s South Carolina , the kind of conservative, heavily evangelical state one would expect Romney to have a tougher time in . . . where Romney leads by 7 percentage points, 3 percentage points, and 18 percentage points in the last three polls. Keep reading this post . . .
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Romney, the Weak Frontrunner Who Leads Everywhere
Well, Santorum’s pumped up for a big showing next week, although he’s not quite going all in to predict a top spot in the caucuses. Here’s the video from Linkmaster Smith : But check Flopping Aces, ” Newt Implodes As Santorum Surges .” Meanwhile, Robert Stacy McCain is on the ground with first-hand reports. See, ” Republicans With Shotguns .” BONUS : Mark Blumenthal has a big analysis on the polling situation in Iowa, ” Iowa Caucus Polls: Ron Paul And Mitt Romney Lead, But Surprises Likely ” (via Memeorandum ). Added : Tina Korbe has this, ” Santorum: If I finish “dead last” in Iowa, I’ll drop out .” Yeah, maybe Santorum’s just putting on the happy face. He couldn’t even bag that Steve King endorsement, so what can you do?
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Santorum Surging in Iowa?
Well, Santorum’s pumped up for a big showing next week, although he’s not quite going all in to predict a top spot in the caucuses. Here’s the video from Linkmaster Smith : But check Flopping Aces, ” Newt Implodes As Santorum Surges .” Meanwhile, Robert Stacy McCain is on the ground with first-hand reports. See, ” Republicans With Shotguns .” BONUS : Mark Blumenthal has a big analysis on the polling situation in Iowa, ” Iowa Caucus Polls: Ron Paul And Mitt Romney Lead, But Surprises Likely ” (via Memeorandum ). Added : Tina Korbe has this, ” Santorum: If I finish “dead last” in Iowa, I’ll drop out .” Yeah, maybe Santorum’s just putting on the happy face. He couldn’t even bag that Steve King endorsement, so what can you do?
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Santorum Surging in Iowa?
I don’t think either of the survey results cited in Mike Allen’s Politico newsletter are really that surprising, considering the state of the economy, etc., but he calls them “sobering” for Democrats: THIS CYCLE’S BIGGEST SURVEY OF LATINO VOTERS : Campaigns and party committees are getting confidential briefings on the findings of a bipartisan poll for Univision of 1,500 likely Latino voters, conducted by Mark Mellman of The Mellman Group (a Democratic firm) and Dave Sackett of The Tarrance Group (Republican). About one-third of the interviews were conducted in Spanish, and the poll oversampled in CA, TX, FL, NV, NM and AZ. Playbook was provided an exclusive look at the findings: Keep reading this post . . .
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Two New Surveys Show Obama in Trouble With Latinos, Swing States
