Mitt Romney Opens 21-point Lead in South Carolina

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(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has opened a wide lead over his rivals in the South Carolina primary election race, trouncing Newt Gingrich and gaining momentum in his march toward the party's nomination, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, could all but quash his rivals' presidential aspirations with a victory in South Carolina on January 21 after winning the first state-by-state nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Voters in South Carolina - who have favored Republicans in nine of the last 10 presidential elections - appear to have shrugged off attacks on Romney by rivals who accuse him of killing jobs as a private equity executive for Bain Capital in the 1990s.

The poll showed 37 percent of South Carolina Republican voters back Romney. Congressman Ron Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum tied for second place with 16 percent support.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/14/us-usa-campaign-poll-idUSTRE80D0U420120114

It's all over folks.

So much for a pro-gun alternative to President Obama...

He's going to make history and take every single fucking state... watch.

The Republican Establishment and the Corporate MSM had this puppy fixed from the start.

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Winners and losers from the South Carolina prez polls


Call it the case of the rising Texan and plunging Pennsylvanian.
Here’s how GOP presidential hopefuls fared in a second round of South Carolina polls released Friday. (The fine print: Two sets of polls from Rasmussen Reports, Public Policy Polling and American Research Group have been released in the past week -- one before and after the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday):

Winner: Ron Paul

Who cares if the Texas congressman has made one announced campaign visit in South Carolina since finishing second in the New Hampshire primary. He’s got the momentum, gaining 22 percentage points combined in the three polls after his Granite State game-changer. Still, gaining all that support has only moved him from fourth to third in the Palmetto pecking order. Paul’s small-government speak is surely a hit in South Carolina but will it be enough to get a higher finish on the podium? We’ll see. He reportedly returns to the state on Sunday for a final push after raising money back home.

Not bad: Newt Gingrich

The former House speaker and one-time South Carolina poll leader has taken a firm hold of second place behind Romney. Gingrich gained five percentage points in the past week, not surge -- but not bad either for a guy who finished fourth in New Hampshire. Gingrich is banking on his attacks on Romney’s Bain Capital days, record as Massachusetts governor and ability to speak French to help his numbers. He might be turning off some voters all the Bain questions, but a real boost could come after the debates, where Gingrich has won over voters.

Loser: Rick Santorum

So much for the Iowa bounce. Santorum was second with Gingrich in South Carolina polls after his near-Hawkeye win. Then he fell to fifth in New Hampshire and so did his numbers. The former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania dropped 30 percentage points in the S.C. polls in the past week and is the fourth-place candidate at the moment. He could use a big swing in support. Can evangelicals save his day? Could the Tea Party look past some of those earmarks he approved while on the Hill? Could sweater vest lovers band together?

The rest

Mitt Romney lost a little support -- 2 percentage points among the three polls -- but he kept his spot at the top of the pyramid in all three polls. Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman have stayed consistently in single digits. Time to say “uncle,” fellas?

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/01/13/2113056/winners-and-losers-from-the-sc.html#storylink=cpy

One or two Conservatives drop out and Romney does not win any of the south... I just love it when they declare a winner after two relatively insignificant primaries.

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The way the news media runs the elections these days, why vote? And it seems that is what they are after. The media found they can dictate the results by telling people that the candidate that amasses the most money is the winner, not the one with the most votes or even the best candidate.

The media is also great at only showing their slant on a candidate instead of a balanced truth, and most people these days are too lazy to do their own research and find the truth, so if the news media says so, they must be right.


I remember "Dewey Beats Truman". Yep, the news media really knows their stuff!

[CigarGuy]

I don't see Romney winning SC by 21 points. IF he does, then yes, if MAY be over.