A new national poll of GOP candidates by Rasmussen Reports shows former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum leapfrogging into second place behind Mitt Romney.
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, coming off his photo finish with Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses, is now in second place among Republican voters in the race for the party’s 2012 presidential nomination.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, taken the night after the caucuses, shows Romney again in first place with support from 29% of Likely Republican Primary Voters, followed by Santorum with 21%.
Newt Gingrich places third nationally with 16% of the vote.
Romney still holds a commanding lead in New Hampshire. The respected Suffolk poll shows a small shift toward Rick Santorum, as his support increased from 5% to 8% with Romney comfortably ahead with 41% and Ron Paul a distant second with 18%.
Will conservatives coalesce behind Santorum? There’s a lot of talk in conservative circles about Santorum’s love of earmarks and his “big government” conservatism. That may cause some on the right to hold off on their support. But it would seem probable — born out by the Rasmussen numbers — that the right’s distrust and dislike of Romney is so intense that any alternative to him will probably draw the majority of them to support that candidate.
Let me be the first to say….Let the games begin!! Should be interesting to see how Santorum gets shot down. How dare he put up a challenge to the chosen one. [/sarc]
The more I read about Santorum, the more I dislike him. Count me as a non-coalescer.
Maybe we should wait until Mitt Moneybags finished “defining” Rick.
Too bad Mitt doesn’t do as well defining himself.
Has there ever been a race where one candidate has torpedoed the entire opposing field?
We’re seeing one now.
Gee, will he have any strength left for the Marxist in Chief.
Oh wait, the strategy for the highly respected president isn’t to be nasty and mean, it’s to call him a “failure”, as in somebody who has tried his best but come up a bit short. It must hurt poor Mitt like crazy to do even say that about such a historic figure.
But in the end, he’ll be more happy as the loser being nice to our beloved leader. McCain certainly is. Like every other member of congress, McCain is much better off today than he was in 2007. Aren’t they all lucky?
http://theleastobviousanswer.blogspot.com/2012/01/vampiric-mitt-to-win-nh.html
Count me among the non-coalescers as well. The only thing more disasterous than a Romney nominatiom would be a Santorum nomination! He has no executive experience, whatsoever, and he was a big pork barell earmarks guy in the Senate (remember the bridge to nowhere?). Even without that going against him, his bringing his dead baby home for his kids to meet is enough for me to not vote for him, that’s just WAY to macabre for me! I like the Addams family, but I don’t think that they should live in the White House!
Perhaps you should read this article. Dealing with the death of a child is one of the most difficult things anyone can possibly do.
Mr. Moran – Be careful. This may be another conservative flavor of the moment. My preference is still Rick Perry, although I will vote for any Republican except Ron Paul.