Mitt Romney Leading Polls in Florida [Pollster: "I Think If Romney Wins This, It's Over For Newt"]

LATimes ^ | January 27, 2012 | Paul West

[Steelfish]

Mitt Romney Leading Polls in Florida Mitt Romney has pulled ahead of Newt Gingrich in Florida with a nine-point lead, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. 'I think if Romney wins this, it's over for Newt,' one pollster says.

Fearful GOP leaders pray Newt Gingrich can be stopped in Florida

By Paul West January 27 — After months of gyrating front-runners and inconclusive voter tests, a victory by Mitt Romney in the looming Florida primary would send the 2012 campaign down a well-worn path — pointing the most established GOP contender toward a highly competitive race against President Obama in the fall election.

If Newt Gingrich wins, the contours of the battle would be radically different: a prolonged intraparty struggle unlike any the GOP has seen in decades, pitting the former House speaker as an insurgent force against many present and former elected officials he once led, with unpredictable consequences in November if he is the nominee.

Romney has, for now at least, pulled ahead of Gingrich in the roller-coaster campaign for Florida. An opinion survey of Florida Republicans, released Friday by Quinnipiac University, showed Romney leading Gingrich by nine points, 38% to 29%. Rep. Ron Paul and former Sen. Rick Santorum were far back, at 14% and 12%, respectively.

"I think if Romney wins this, it's over for Newt," said John McLaughlin, a veteran Republican pollster who is unaffiliated in the presidential campaign. Looking ahead, Romney has the advantage in the Feb. 4 Nevada caucuses and other, largely symbolic contests next month, including a nonbinding Feb. 7 primary in Missouri, where Gingrich failed to qualify for the ballot.

[Irenic]

I would vote Ron Paul before I would vote Romney.

[Tucker39]

Got it. My bad. Didn’t realize Gallup’s was NATIONAL.
Thanx.

[Jim Robinson]

Sorry, must’ve missed it. You are excused. Carry on.

But don’t miss my next post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2839168/posts

[RightLady]

I quit reading your post as soon as I saw you had written that the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor That’s as bad as the arc Moses built.

[RightLady]

I quit reading your post as soon as I saw you had written that the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor That’s as bad as the arc Moses built.

[Irenic]

Set Romney up like a Little League T-Ball for Obama to hit outta the park in November, and THEN Jeb gets his 2016 shot with the Tea Party officially dead.

(....oooops..forgot my Reynolds Wrap cap.....)
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Pssst... could you fold me a hat up, too? Thanks.

Romney will NOT beat Obama. And they’ve been sneakin’ a little Jeb leg out here and there for a tease.

[itsahoot]

{then they must be held accountable for the consequences, including the loss of liberty for their posterity}

Loss of your liberty, not their’s.

[musicman]

[RocketMan1]

Especially when they are states like Florida; God’s waiting room; where the gullible old farts can’t wait

As a 4th generation Florida, I would appreciate you not generalizing about the people of my State. Florida is quite different today than even ten years ago. While the New York carpetbaggers down in Palm Beach county whom can't punch through a pre-perforated ballot gave my State a bad name, they represent a VERY small portion of the people of Florida! I may not like the fact that a lot of the "new" people that have come here are Democrats, but my State is NOT "God's waiting room!"

[Kickass Conservative]

>but my State is NOT “God’s waiting room”!<

Does that make it “Satan’s waiting room”?

LOL

[VideoDoctor]

Here's what I saw today which sure doesn't jive with the Quinnipiac and what the L.A. Times is saying.

Gallup Daily: Gingrich 32% (+1), Romney 24% (-1), Paul 14% (+1)

The Gallup Poll | 1-27-2012 | Gallup

Gingrich 32%
Romney 24%
Paul 14%
Santorum 13%

[Steelfish]

Rasmussen tomorrow?

[Vendome]

LOL either way... It’s only the beginning .....

[VideoDoctor]

Here's the last Rasmussen poll.

Rasmussen Poll: Gingrich 41%, Romney 32% in Florida

These figures from the Last Rasmussen Poll - Jan 22nd, 2012

[Vendome]

Thanks to Adelson, NEWT is in til April no mAtter what.

[Vendome]

I’m reminded of the movie “Against All Odds”.

[unspun]

Mitt Romney's Mentor, his Father, a Fan of Saul Alinsky

LOL

Good ol' FreeRepublic

[aquila48]

I used to think that too... But I’ve come to like this “illogical” crazy system. It really puts the candidates through the ringer over an extended period of time - tough to hide anything. (Though Dumb’O managed to skate untouched, thanks to the slobbering media).

[octex]

I have never agreed with the so-called poll results put out by Quinnipiac or PPP. I think they must be polling people in blue States along the mid-Atlantic coast and in the Northeastern States. .....I believe they have only a few hundred, perhaps a thousand, from which they draw their postulations. ....Their polling data mean as little as those of NBC, CBS, FNC, etc., which do online polling via the internet.

[onyx]

Quinnipiac University poll...LOL.

We'll take this TEA Party Poll

GO NEWT!!!

GO TEA PARTY!!