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Rasmussen poll shows Gingrich with double-digit lead in Iowa
Hot Air ^ | 11/17/2011 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 11/17/2011 10:58:22 AM PST by TBBT

Rasmussen’s latest poll in Iowa gives Newt Gingrich a big claim to legitimacy in the Republican nomination fight, but it also is pretty good news for Mitt Romney as well. Among likely caucus-goers, Gingrich now leads Romney 32/19, with Herman Cain dropping more than half of his previous support:

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Iowa Republican caucus-goers shows Gingrich with 32% followed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 19%. Georgia businessman Herman Cain, who led in Iowa last month, drops to third with 13% of the vote. Texas Congressman Ron Paul draws 10% of the vote in Iowa, while Texas Governor Rick Perry and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann each grab six percent (6%).

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum draws support from five percent (5%) of caucus-goers while former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman picks up two percent (2%). Only one percent (1%) would prefer some other candidate and six percent (6%) more are undecided.

This is the first primary survey conducted entirely after last week’s GOP debate on foreign policy. Cain also recently fumbled a response to the administration’s actions in Libya.

This comes from a sample of 700 respondents, which is larger than the Bloomberg survey released this week showing a four-way tie in Iowa. This survey took place more recently than the Bloomberg poll as well, incorporating the Saturday debate on foreign policy, in which Cain struggled. As far as the Ron Paul surge Bloomberg noted, it seems to have bypassed Rasmussen’s sample. In fact, while Paul continues to hold onto about 10% of the caucus goers in Iowa, he’s not likely to get much more:

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: cain; ia; ia2012; iowa; newt; polls
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To: TBBT

Don’t get use to it. As soon as the media decides he has been in front long enough they will do the same kind of thing they did to Cain and we will all ditch him like rats leaving a sinking ship, just like we did to Cain. Honestly, don’t you feel like you are being led off a cliff by the media version of the pied piper? Resolve yourself that the media is setting it up for Romney, who they know Obama can beat.


81 posted on 11/17/2011 12:37:10 PM PST by TonyM (E)
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To: RitaOK; upsdriver
OMG. Puhleeeze, make it STOP. Suicide is NOT an option. Enough already!!!! She is more than half the reason we are thought to be wild eyed and illiterate barbarians led by Neanderthals. Good grief, I need a lemon to cleanse the palate. We pulled the fork out of that one quite some time back. All the world watched. Done.

Rinse all you want. You have no idea what you post about. You're all over the map. You blow with the wind...LOL, but you're sorely mistaken about Sarah Palin.

How's this guy for one of the Neanderthals?


82 posted on 11/17/2011 12:37:49 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: BoingBoing

Why isn’t Cain suing the people who leveled false accusations against him?


83 posted on 11/17/2011 12:38:34 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, "Paradise Lost")
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To: Mechanicos

“ALL public polls are for profit marketing tools to manipulate. They have no laws to ensure they are not manipulated, no real penalty for lying. Think for yourselves. IGNORE all of them!”

Say what you want but the polls are more often right then they are wrong. In 2008 we didn’t want to believe the polls and wow they were right the republican party took a bath at the polls. Then in 2010 the progressives were trying to convince everyone not to believe the polls, but again they were right and the DEMS took a major hit. IF the primary was tomorrow based on these number Newt would be the winner by a huge margin. Give it a few weeks and the pounding he will receive like Herman and it will be closer.
Let’s not forget that the Media, the repub establishment and even the dems are all working to ensure that Mitt is the “one” for this election. We have to stop and think why Mitt is getting a pass from the media and why the political establishment has a love affair with him.


84 posted on 11/17/2011 12:39:21 PM PST by AlwaysFrosty
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To: upsdriver

Oh, thankfully, you were kidding. Sheesh, how could I know. I am still chewing ice after that first one. Bad driver, to torment Rita. :)


85 posted on 11/17/2011 12:39:37 PM PST by RitaOK (Rasmussen is the polling standard who owns the record on accuracy.)
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To: onyx

And YOUR point is.......? Baiting again, onyx?


86 posted on 11/17/2011 12:41:23 PM PST by RitaOK (Rasmussen is the polling standard who owns the record on accuracy.)
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To: onyx

It’s really hard for me to support someone else when there isn’t anyone worth supporting. I’ll resign the selection of the GOP candidate to those who know better than I. I’m going to stick with Palin for now. Never say die!


87 posted on 11/17/2011 12:41:50 PM PST by upsdriver
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To: DarthVader

Yes, and He is not going to condemn me for voting for someone better than the “two evils” running.


88 posted on 11/17/2011 12:42:20 PM PST by Ingtar
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To: stars & stripes forever

He’s a fine man which is pretty much a disqualification for the fight he’d get into if he were the nominee. Sec Treas in a Rep admin. Hell yeah.


89 posted on 11/17/2011 12:43:01 PM PST by Locomotive Breath
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To: upsdriver

Oops, forgot to ping you on this one to #86. My bad.


90 posted on 11/17/2011 12:43:57 PM PST by RitaOK (Rasmussen is the polling standard who owns the record on accuracy.)
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To: nikos1121
Give Newt a Republican House and Senate and the good times will start again.
Give ANY president a GOP House and Senate with a big enough majority, and we should see things moving forward.
91 posted on 11/17/2011 12:45:51 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: RitaOK; upsdriver; All

Yeah; I love Sarah but she stepped in it the other night on Greta. Speaking of Jerry Sandusky, the alleged pedophile coach from Penn State, Sarah said: “I think they should hang him from the highest tree and I’ll bring the rope.” Greta said, “You don’t mean that should be done w/o him getting due process do you?” And Sarah just repeated herself..... “hang him from the highest tree and I’ll bring the rope.” Finally Greta got her to say “yes” to the accused getting Due Process. I thought. “Oh s**t Sarah. Making un-professional, dumba** statements like that is what gives the liberal media a hay-day with you and why many good Conservatives reject you as a viable candidate. Just friggin’ stop the “Joe Biden moments”.


92 posted on 11/17/2011 12:48:18 PM PST by no dems (Why do you never see "Obama" bumper stickers on cars going to work in the morning?)
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To: Ingtar

He will condemn you for not doing all you can to prevent evil from going forward especially in a nation with the advantages ours has. If your vote can elect legislators who can stop Obozo and you don’t do it you are derelict in your duty just like anyone else who fails to do what’s right in any other matter. There is always the write-in vote and therefore no excuse whatsoever not to. I have never missed an election since I became eligible to vote.


93 posted on 11/17/2011 12:55:47 PM PST by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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To: TBBT

Fingers or toes?


94 posted on 11/17/2011 12:55:50 PM PST by RexBeach
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To: TBBT
"Gingrich with 32% followed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 19%. Georgia businessman Herman Cain, who led in Iowa last month, drops to third with 13% of the vote. "

Newt's 32% EQUALS Mutt's 19% PLUS Cain's 13%!!!

95 posted on 11/17/2011 12:56:08 PM PST by matthew fuller ((1) fully fund defense, (2) transform entitlement programs, and (3) do not raise taxes!)
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To: RitaOK
"She is more than half the reason we are thought to be wild eyed and illiterate barbarians led by Neanderthals".

Democrats and their propaganda arm (most major media groups currently) have been calling the party and any leading Republican candidates stupid for 157 years. Every time I see a Republican fall for their lies I'm amazed yet again. Democrats lie cheat and steal. They will push the (Republican) candidate they think will provide either an easy victory or the least disruption to their plans. They will be unwavering in their attacks on anyone that will disrupt their plans. Hence the vitriol, lies and smears against Palin and now Cain.

Where are the Democrat attacks on Gingrich? Do you think that is a good question? Every Republican running could beat Obama right now. Who do you think they will throw their support behind? The least likely to beat Obama or the least damaging Republican that could win?

96 posted on 11/17/2011 1:04:22 PM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: BoingBoing

I pray Rick Perry wins. I don’t trust Cain. Not just because of his issues with allegations of misconduct.


97 posted on 11/17/2011 1:04:40 PM PST by varina davis (We grow too soon old and too late smart -- Pennsylvania Dutch adage)
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To: MNJohnnie

Rasmussen is in it for the liberals and the rinos these days. They lost their objective polling long, long ago.


98 posted on 11/17/2011 1:05:45 PM PST by CSI007
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Perry is not “washed up” and out of money. He just know how to spend it more wisely than the other candidates. He will come from behind and soon.


99 posted on 11/17/2011 1:06:58 PM PST by varina davis (We grow too soon old and too late smart -- Pennsylvania Dutch adage)
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To: TBBT

Wow.


100 posted on 11/17/2011 1:14:15 PM PST by samtheman
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