LAGC
12-19-2011, 09:49 PM
A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that Ron Paul has taken the lead in the Iowa caucus race, while Newt Gingrich's support is fading fast. A different Gallup poll still shows Grinrich still holding the lead, but slipping, while The New York Times has Paul in the lead as well.
Gingrich has seen his numbers in the PPP poll drop from 27 percent to 14 percent in just three weeks, while his favorability rating is now split at 46 percent for to 47 percent against, the worst of any candidate not named Jon Huntsman. That's quite a fall for someone who looked to be running away with the state and taking charge on the national level.
Mitt Romney has also seen his tick up slightly, putting him just behind Paul for second place. The poll measured voters who are planning to vote in the Republican caucus.
Perhaps the most telling secondary question was, "Do you think Newt Gingrich has strong principles?" Only 36 percent say that he does, but for Paul that number was 73 percent.
http://news.yahoo.com/gingrich-collapses-iowa-ron-paul-surges-front-122655183.html
Oh me, oh my! First it was Bachmann in the lead, then Perry, then Cain, then Newt... they rose to the top, only to fall spectacularly once the media tore them apart, chewed them up, and spit them out.
Now we'll have to see if Ron Paul can stay on top as everyone's guns turn on him -- only 2 weeks to the Iowa caucus!
Whoever wins there could have serious momentum going into the New Hampshire primary the week after, and South Carolina and Florida not long after that.
Personally, I think it would be great if Ron Paul won the nomination. The presidential debates with Obama would be epic... instead of a neo-conservative talking points about Obama's foreign policy of "apologizing" or "appeasing" everyone, we could have some serious discussion about Holder's prosecution of the war on drugs, Fast and Furious, the Patriot Act, and pulling the fuck out of Afghanistan and closing military bases around the world to seriously cut Federal spending.
The next month in politics could be very interesting indeed...
Gingrich has seen his numbers in the PPP poll drop from 27 percent to 14 percent in just three weeks, while his favorability rating is now split at 46 percent for to 47 percent against, the worst of any candidate not named Jon Huntsman. That's quite a fall for someone who looked to be running away with the state and taking charge on the national level.
Mitt Romney has also seen his tick up slightly, putting him just behind Paul for second place. The poll measured voters who are planning to vote in the Republican caucus.
Perhaps the most telling secondary question was, "Do you think Newt Gingrich has strong principles?" Only 36 percent say that he does, but for Paul that number was 73 percent.
http://news.yahoo.com/gingrich-collapses-iowa-ron-paul-surges-front-122655183.html
Oh me, oh my! First it was Bachmann in the lead, then Perry, then Cain, then Newt... they rose to the top, only to fall spectacularly once the media tore them apart, chewed them up, and spit them out.
Now we'll have to see if Ron Paul can stay on top as everyone's guns turn on him -- only 2 weeks to the Iowa caucus!
Whoever wins there could have serious momentum going into the New Hampshire primary the week after, and South Carolina and Florida not long after that.
Personally, I think it would be great if Ron Paul won the nomination. The presidential debates with Obama would be epic... instead of a neo-conservative talking points about Obama's foreign policy of "apologizing" or "appeasing" everyone, we could have some serious discussion about Holder's prosecution of the war on drugs, Fast and Furious, the Patriot Act, and pulling the fuck out of Afghanistan and closing military bases around the world to seriously cut Federal spending.
The next month in politics could be very interesting indeed...