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Bjorn Against

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21. All polls early in the week had Romney with a solid lead

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 11:39 AM

Jan 2012

All polls coming out late in the week show that Gingrich now has a solid lead and Romney has dropped a huge amount in just the last three days. I think Romney lost his inevitability when it was announced that he lost Iowa, he should have never declared victory over eight votes that he should have known could have been lost in the canvass. To try to spin a 34 vote loss as a tie when earlier he thought an eight vote victory was a clear win did not help him either, he would have been better off conceding than trying to call a loss a tie. All of the polls that showed him in the lead came out before his embarrassing loss in Iowa, I think that small shift in votes hurt him far more than many people realize.

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PPP: Newt leads final night of polling by a 40-26 margin [View all] RandySF Jan 2012 OP

I would never root for newt, but DonCoquixote Jan 2012 #1

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save for one thing DonCoquixote Jan 2012 #13

Newt had a huge lead in FL until everyone thought Romney won both Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #44

Wow, thanks for linking directly to the results. That's utterly fascinating. joshcryer Jan 2012 #2

Interesting. When asked to choose between a tax cheat, a money-hungry cheat or a marriage-cheat, a JDPriestly Jan 2012 #3

Good let the hate flow through you Newt. Now fufill your destiny and take Romney's place as the ZM90 Jan 2012 #4

He won't become the frontrunner pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #5

Romney, Romney, Romney, can't you see oh08dem Jan 2012 #6

Oh, Gawd, he'll be even more insufferable... hlthe2b Jan 2012 #7

The more insufferable, the better pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #9

yeah, this needs to drag out for a long nasty time. nt arely staircase Jan 2012 #12

That makes two of us! Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #16

I agree with you on this. I don't think Romney is crazy, at any rate. TwilightGardener Jan 2012 #22

Seriously, folks, the biggest story of political redemption since Nixon. dimbear Jan 2012 #8

As long as the keep the freak show going Raine Jan 2012 #10

This GOP game show is the best thing to happen to Dems since the 2008 election sellitman Jan 2012 #17

And maybe the 1932 election, now that you mention it. Jackpine Radical Jan 2012 #45

Same here! City Lights Jan 2012 #18

amazing turn of events. DCBob Jan 2012 #14

We have to believe that there are more decent people who believe in the golden rule than brain wash- The Wielding Truth Jan 2012 #39

"Weak minded fools" appear to be the majority of the GOPer primary voters. DCBob Jan 2012 #41

I don't incude rational people in any group who would vote Republican in this Pres. race. The Wielding Truth Jan 2012 #42

Perhaps we will see what kind of fight Romney has quaker bill Jan 2012 #15

depends on the poll spanone Jan 2012 #19

All polls early in the week had Romney with a solid lead Bjorn Against Jan 2012 #21

except the ones giving it to romney are old polls, the newer ones show the shift to gingrich /nt still_one Jan 2012 #31

Woohoo!! Go Newt Go B Calm Jan 2012 #20

It seems like Iliyah Jan 2012 #23

The higher ups of the gop party knows that Newt, Nationawide is not electable AlbertCat Jan 2012 #26

So much for that late night Steve Schmidt was talking about Renew Deal Jan 2012 #24

35% think they are false and 34% are unsure. AlbertCat Jan 2012 #25

These are probably also the same people BumRushDaShow Jan 2012 #28

Who cares which clown wins JJW Jan 2012 #27

paul is a racist who was and is oppossed to the Civil Rights Act /nt still_one Jan 2012 #30

With his anti-civil rights record, I'm shocked he is not running stronger down there. nt aaaaaa5a Jan 2012 #33

Because gingrich is a younger racist with more energy than Paul. / nt still_one Jan 2012 #47

Ron Paul is as crazy as the rest! Mopar151 Jan 2012 #40

So you have gingrich playing the race card, romney saying corporations are people, paul against still_one Jan 2012 #29

Wait a minute.....Three days ago I read that Mittens was going to run away with it. marmar Jan 2012 #32

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I, for one, am ecstatic!!! Narkos Jan 2012 #35

Bottom line who has the best chance madmax Jan 2012 #36

The teabaggers don't care about family values, that's for sure jmowreader Jan 2012 #46

I am not surprised. The Southern hypocritical racists are voting their form of "Family Values." olegramps Jan 2012 #37

One week ago Reuters/Ipsos poll: Romney opens 21 pt lead in SC neverforget Jan 2012 #38

omg. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #43

PPP is the best poll out there. aaaaaa5a Jan 2012 #48