Posted on 02/25/2012 8:04:17 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Newt Gingrich has a double-digit lead over the rest of the GOP field in his home state of Georgia, according to a Landmark-Rosetta Stone poll released late Friday.
Gingrich took 38 percent, followed by Rick Santorum at 25 percent, Mitt Romney at 19 percent, and Ron Paul at four percent, the poll found.
Gingrich held a nine-point lead in the same poll taken earlier this month. The poll could be an outlier – Gingrich leads by only two points in Georgia according to the latest Insider Advantage survey and leads by five points according to Rasmussen.
Both of those polls show a much tighter race between Gingrich, Romney and Santorum.
Georgia voters will head to the polls along with nine other states on Super Tuesday on March 6.
The strong lead is good news for the former House speaker and bad news for Romney, who is also polling in third place in Oklahoma, which will also vote on Super Tuesday.
The other March 6 contests are in Alaska, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.
Some have speculated that the battering Santorum took at Wednesday’s debate in Arizona, in which Paul and Romney took turns hammering his record as a Senator, may have opened the door for another potential Gingrich surge.
But Gingrich will have to show strength outside of his home state, where he has the strongest network of campaign infrastructure.
I sure hope so. I think we can reach a common bond and unite behind Newt....something I don’t think will happen with Romney or Santorum.
Go Newt!
The good news here is that we are pushing Romney below 20%. If he ends up below 20%, he’ll get no state-wide delegates, and if Santorum can come in 2nd in the districts, Romney won’t win any district delegates either.
He’s the one most likely to win in November. I fear Romney will “mature” as the MSM puts it...and allow Obama and the leftwing media to set the agenda of the campaign.
Newt would never do that. He’s a fighter.
Good reason to not fall for voting for Santorum to keep Romney from winning. Vote your own support no matter who thinks what.
I agree.
This is why my friends and I will be voting for Santorum in Tennessee. I think the real loser in the last debate was not Santorum, but Romney. I think he would have had to convince people he was more genuine that Santorum, an impossible task. The big difference in the polls is that some Romney voters have moved to Newt.
Santorum is up two points. Most of Newt’s gain is from Romney and undecided.
Newt, We’re for you all the way. Coming to see you in Nashville on Monday.
A vote for Romney is a vote for Obama-Lite (SOS)!
I’ll be in Nashville to cheer him on too!
I’ll be in Nashville to cheer him on too!
NEWT UPCOMING EVENTS:
Upcoming Events
Newt to speaks at the California Republican Convention
Saturday February 25, 2012 – 12:10-12:50 PM PT
Location: Hyatt San Francisco
1333 Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA 94010
Newt speaks at First Redeemer Church
Sunday February 26, 2012 – 10:30am ET
Location: First Redeemer Church
2100 Peachtree Parkway
Cumming, GA 30041
Note: This event is free and open to the public
God and Country Rally
Sunday February 26, 2012 – 6:00-7:00pm ET
Location: Rock Springs Church
219 Rock Springs Road
Milner, GA 30257
Note: This event is free and open to the public
Newt 2012 Rally at Tennessee State Capitol
Monday February 27, 2012 – 3:00-4:00pm ET
Location: Tennessee State Capitol East Front
600 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37219
Note: This event is free and open to the public
Newt 2012 Dalton Rally
Tuesday February 28, 2012 – 11:00-12:00pm ET
Location: Northwest Georgia Convention Center
Room A-1
2211 Dug Gap Battle Road
Dalton, GA 30720
Note: This event is free and open to the public
Callista Gingrich visits St. Mary’s Catholic School
Tuesday February 28, 2012 – 1:30-2:30pm ET
Location: St. Mary’s Catholic School
401 East 7th Street
Rome, GA 30161
Note: This event is not open to the public. Mrs. Gingrich will tour school and read to Sweet Land of Liberty to students.
Newt 2012 Rome Rally
Tuesday February 28, 2012 – 3:00-4:00pm ET
Location: Richard B. Russell Airport
Earl Tillman Hanger
Rome, GA 30165
Note: This event is free and open to the public
Newt 2012 Carrollton Rally
Tuesday February 28, 2012 – 7:00-8:00pm ET
Location: University of West Georgia
HPE Gym in Campus Center
West Georgia Drive
Carrollton, GA
Note: This event is free and open to the public
Newt 2012 Covington Rally
Wednesday February 29, 2012 – 1:30-2:30pm ET
Location: Peachtree Academy
14101 Highway 278
Covington, GA 30014
Note: This event is free and open to the public
Newt 2012 Gainesville Rally
Wednesday February 29, 2012 -7:00-8:00pm ET
Location: Gainesville Civic Center
Ballroom
830 Green Street
Gainesville, GA 30501
Note: This event is free and open to the public
Remarks to Cobb Chamber of Commerce
Thursday March 1, 2012 – 8:15-9:15am ET
Location: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339
Grand Opening of Cherokee County Republican Party Office
Thursday March 1, 2012 – 11:30-12:30pm ET
Location: Cherokee County Republican Party Headquarters
1428 Towne Lake Parkway
Woodstock, GA 30189
Good news. Now I hope this carries over to the rest of the South. GO NEWT GO!
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