Posted on 12/13/2011 2:43:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Ron Paul, the once-forgotten presidential candidate, is picking up steam in Iowa and now appears poised to overtake frontrunner Newt Gingrich, according to a new survey released today from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling.
The poll finds support for Gingrich has slipped to 22%, with Ron Paul just behind with 21%. Mitt Romney trails in third place with 16%.
That's a five-point drop in favorability for Gingrich, who has raced to the top of the Republican presidential field over the past month. PPP found Gingrich's favorability numbers have fallen 19 points over the past week.
Meanwhile, support for Paul is on the rise, particularly among younger voters and voters who identify themselves as "new." Among likely caucus-goers under age 45, Paul leads Gingrich 30-16. The numbers are nearly flipped for caucus-goers over age 45.
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You're not looking at it the same way we do.
ie: his comments are not construed by us to mean that he is down on America. Quite the contrary; Ron Paul is a faithful cheerleader for the U.S., just not for the failed leadership of the past.
Furthermore, we see the past 60 or so years' foreign policy as having some serious flaws of purpose and direction, and as a result we see the need for change.
Anything else?
> That’s how those crazy as bat sh*t Free Staters get elected
> in New Hampshire.
Excuse me. I’m not a “free stater”, but they were INSTRUMENTAL in defeating the onerous anti-home-schooling bills that were introduced in 2009. They were INSTRUMENTAL in getting Vermont Carry passed in NH above the commie-governor’s veto.
I’m glad they chose NH to settle into, because they have made a difference in helping to preserve out liberties here.
“PPP POLL BOMBSHELL: Ron Paul Is Close To A Win In Iowa”
Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffft!
Ok, riiiiiiight. No media attempt to try to pump up Paul here, folks!
Perhaps, but Paul is also doing quite well in NH!
What a steal from Mitt it could be!
Nominating Ron Paul is just about the only way Republicans could blow this election.
You suggests our foreign policy has been just peachy over the past 20 years or so.
When in reality, our foreign policies have been insane, not in Americas best interest, have looted the American treasure, put Americans in debt to Communist countries for generations, created anti-American trade polices, allowed for tens of millions from foreign nations to illegally invade our land etc.
These foreign policies have nearly left America dead on the floor.
No more or less irrelevant than any other state.
You do realize that all the sorting of candidates that has happened up until now has been on a national level?
He also seems to have moved to within striking distance of Newt in New Hampshire. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/nh/new_hampshire_republican_presidential_primary-1581.html
In the Insider Advantage Iowa poll, Paul was shown as doing better with democrats and independents than with republicans (Perry was 2nd with republicans).
But do democrats vote in the republican Iowa caucus?
>> A lot changes in an hour.
Cool! *Perry* is ahead of Romney!
(I know, probably meaningless but still makes me feel better; like when Texas has a sucky football season but still manages to beat the Aggies.)
Would you suggest, like Paul, that the reason we were attacked on 911 is because of our presence in the Middle East? If you think that you know nothing about radical Islam.
Couldn’t do it on your own, eh?
Folks....please inform yourselves as to who you are getting your information from...
Google is your friend
Not true - Ron paul would pull massive demos and indes away from obama.
I agree. A friend of mine is a moderate democrat and is not too proud of his messiah.
He has told me on many occasions that he would vote for Ron over BO again.
I still don’t grasp what part of flat ass broke some of these people don’t grasp.
LOL - that’s about right.
Those devastating anti-Newt ads are clearly working. And Glenn Beck is doubling down on his Newt jihad, releasing some pretty damning stuff today. Being the “anti-Romney” is just not enough. I don’t know many people who are jazzed up to vote for Newt, like they were for Cain. But my Des Moines former roommate said RuPaul has one hell of a ground game, and Newt has next to none. RuPaul COULD take Iowa.
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