January 29, 2012
THE GROWN-UP PARTY:
Poll: Romney holds big lead over Gingrich in Florida (MARC CAPUTO, 1/29/12, MIAMIHERALD.COM)
Gingrich is badly trailing Romney by 11 percentage points, garnering just 31 percent of likely Republican voters heading into Tuesday's presidential primary, according to a Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald/Tampa Bay Times poll released late Saturday night.President Barack Obama should be wary as well. Romney beats Obama by a 48-44 percent spread -- a lead inside the error-margin, however -- in a theoretical general-election matchup, the poll shows.In the Republican primary, Romney's lead looks insurmountable. It cuts across geographic, ethnic and gender lines. And the poll indicates Romney's attack on Gingrich as a Freddie Mac insider is a hit with GOP voters.
Ronald Reagan finished third--behind even John Anderson--in the primary after NH in 1980.
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 29, 2012 9:06 AM
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