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Eugene

(61,974 posts) Mon Feb 13, 2012, 03:16 PM Feb 2012

(Pew & Gallup) Polls: Santorum, Romney neck-and-neck nationally

Source: USA Today

Feb 13, 2012

Polls: Santorum, Romney neck-and-neck nationally

By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY
Updated 16m ago

Rick Santorum is now neck-and-neck with Mitt Romney in two national polls, reflecting the former Pennsylvania senator's surge in the past week as well as a slide for Romney among the most conservative voters.

Santorum leads Romney, 30% to 28%, of Republican and GOP-leaning voters in a Pew Research Center poll taken Wednesday through Sunday. A month ago, Romney had a 17-point lead over Santorum in the Pew survey.

In Gallup's daily tracking poll, Romney leads Santorum by two percentage points: 32% to 30% among registered GOP voters. Romney previously had a 19-point lead on Santorum during Gallup interviews taken Jan. 30-Feb. 3.

The Pew poll points out challenges for Romney, the prohibitive GOP front-runner who has had trouble exciting conservative voters.

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(Pew & Gallup) Polls: Santorum, Romney neck-and-neck nationally (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2012 OP

DICK Santorum will never be allowed to be the nominee montanacowboy Feb 2012 #1

there is not a shred of evidence that anyone in the know is even thinking about Jeb as even a remote Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #2

I didn't say there was any evidence montanacowboy Feb 2012 #3

Jeb Bush Robbins Feb 2012 #4

They should save their $$$ and sit this one out. secondwind Feb 2012 #5

Santorum and Romney are NEKKID? Oh noes. yellowcanine Feb 2012 #6

montanacowboy

(6,115 posts)

1. DICK Santorum will never be allowed to be the nominee

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 03:19 PM

Feb 2012

at the last minute their champion will ride into the convention on a white horse to save their ignorant asses in the form of a Jeb Bush.

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)

2. there is not a shred of evidence that anyone in the know is even thinking about Jeb as even a remote

Reply to montanacowboy (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 03:29 PM

Feb 2012

possibility. Intrade rates the possibility of Jeb being nominated at 1.6% as opposed to a 17% chance for Santorum and 73.4% chance for Romney.

montanacowboy

(6,115 posts)

3. I didn't say there was any evidence

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 03:38 PM

Feb 2012

merely stating what seems to me to be obvious. Do you really think the GOP would let Santorum be their candidate? He can't win, so they will have to go to their back bench somwhere.