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Gingrich lead jumps to 16% [Gingrich 39%, Romney 23%, Poll Position 12/11]
Poll Position ^ | 12/12/2011 | Eason Jordan

Posted on 12/12/2011 1:01:20 AM PST by Future Useless Eater

Gingrich lead jumps to 16%

GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich is garnering more support than ever in this presidential campaign season, with the first national public opinion poll after the Saturday night ABC News Republican candidates’ debate showing Gingrich with a 16% lead over his closest challenger, Mitt Romney.

The scientific Poll Position survey of registered voters who say they’ll vote in their state’s 2012 Republican primary or caucus produced these results: Gingrich 39%, Romney 23%, Ron Paul 11%, Michele Bachmann 6%, Rick Perry 5%, Rick Santorum 4%, Jon Huntsman 2%, someone else 2%, and undecided or no opinion at 9%.

A week ago, Poll Position’s GOP horse race poll found Gingrich at 37%, Romney at 23%, Paul at 7%, and Bachmann at 6%.

In the new survey conducted last night, the poll questioned 582 registered voters nationwide who said they’d vote in their state’s Republican primary or caucus.  The poll has a margin of error of +/- 4%.  The full crosstabs for the poll: Poll Position crosstabs – GOP horse race 12-11-11.



TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; bachmann; elections; gingrich; perry; poll; pollposition; polls; romney; ronpaul
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To: nickcarraway; Jim Robinson
Supporting Gingrich Overturns Everything FR stood for in the 1990s

Tell it to Jim Robinson.

81 posted on 12/12/2011 1:01:12 PM PST by Chunga (What a load of codswallop!)
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To: PhilDragoo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2815463/posts

Here is some good facts and ammunition that supports our position on Newt. Pay particular attention to post #5.

I hit them between the eyes with this one, every time they spew their ignorant lies about Newt.

In all reality, Newt is the best thing we have seen since Reagan. And he is absolutely capable of winning and fixing this mess in the same way Reagan fixed the mess Carter left behind. That is a fact my FRiend.

82 posted on 12/12/2011 1:10:43 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: Hoodat

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, BORN, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, Hon. RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British Conservative politician and statesman known for his leadership.

Sir Winston, born in 1884, and having been elected around 1940, Makes him 66 years old at the start of World War 2.

And for the record, you are correct, Newt Gingrich is no Ronald Reagan, He is currently known as Newt Gingrich. Any other reason in particular that you needed to clarify that?


83 posted on 12/12/2011 1:29:15 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: Chunga; nickcarraway

In the nineties, Free Republic stood for constitutionally limited, smaller government, lower taxes, less spending, smaller deficits, strong defense, less corruption and especially for the impeachment of President Clinton and the eradication of the corrupt, socialist democrats from government. Newt Gingrich was and is for the same, though we do have a penchant for not trusting any career politician of either party.


84 posted on 12/12/2011 1:42:52 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thanks for the forum for the past 14 years Jim!


85 posted on 12/12/2011 1:49:49 PM PST by Chunga (What a load of codswallop!)
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To: PhilDragoo
You do realize that the statements you reject are those of Jim Robinson.

Jim's a big boy. I think he can handle it. Jim is actually in agreement with me about Newt's plan to replace Obamacare with something else (i.e. Gingrichcare).

In my appraisal, Newt Gingrich has done most to advance the conservative agenda in the years since Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address and today.

I do not share that assessment, nor do I consider it to be a fair substitute for executive leadership ability. We owe Newt Gingrich nothing. We need a President who will cut back government to 20% of GDP. Unfortunately, Newt Gingrich is not that type of President. His proposal to replace Obamacare with some other federal insurance program is quite unsettling to me. And his stances on illegal immigration and global warming are anything but conservative.

If you think you 'owe' it to Newt, then vote for him. But I will be voting instead for someone who believes government is the problem, not the solution.

86 posted on 12/12/2011 2:15:04 PM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Sir Winston, born in 1884, and having been elected around 1940, Makes him 66 years old at the start of World War 2.

Who said anything about World War 2?

87 posted on 12/12/2011 2:17:23 PM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: Hoodat

Where is Gingrichcare?


88 posted on 12/12/2011 3:05:33 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: Hoodat

As far as I’ve seen, Newt wants to repeal ObamaCare and send Medicare back to the states and the people per the 10th amendment. He wants tort reform and he wants to make private insurance portable throughout the states. He encourages individuals to purchase their own healthcare coverage and would make insurance premiums tax deductible for individuals. He’s for privatized healthcare accounts.


89 posted on 12/12/2011 3:12:45 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: bert

I like that ‘RINO Creep’ concept.

To those that somehow think that adhering to the U.S. Constitution is radical conservatism, I say measure yourself on yardstick. One side touches the U.S. Constitution while the other side touches the progressive notion of a Living Constitution, which is just another fancy term from Democrats who adjust the U.S. Constitution to match whatever political agenda they are advancing at the moment.

I, myself, as a conservative, am on the side of the U.S. Constitution. RINOs are somewhere in the middle, and the Obamanation is on the far side of me.

So when you take the measure of a man, think of this yardstick. Should America creep down the yardstick to the Obamanation side or should it be firmly on the side of the U.S. Constitution?

Quoting Dwight D. Eisenhower, “I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?”


90 posted on 12/12/2011 3:14:57 PM PST by JohnBrownUSA (Don't Tread On America!)
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To: Qwackertoo

76 year old Ron Paul still wakes up every morning to campaign for President.

Hoping that she won’t run because you think that she is too old to be President doesn’t make sense.


91 posted on 12/12/2011 3:17:59 PM PST by JohnBrownUSA (Don't Tread On America!)
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To: Jim Robinson

LOL! Like a hot knife through room temperature butter, Boss.


92 posted on 12/12/2011 3:20:04 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

Has it occurred to you that the RINO GOP establishment of Karl Rove’s wouldn’t mind Newt being President?

They know that once elected President, Newt will once again do their bidding, finally marching lock step in with their progressive agenda of limited-Big-Government.

We all know that green Republicans who go to Washington for the first time tend to fall victim to the good-ol’-boy system of backroom deals and political corruption. This turncoat traitor politicking finally became too much for millions of angry Americans who then took their Tea Party Revolution to the polls in November of 2010. By throwing out all the bums and voting in conservative politicians, the Tea Party sent a message that we will not tolerate RINO creep.

So, it should come as no surprise that Newt has no interest in being a conservative President once he gets back into office.

The fact that he was a highly paid ‘historian’/lobbyist after he got out of politics at the corrupt Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac just shows his true blue colors.

Sorry to burst your bubble. All I have to say is vote your conscience and not for an imaginary ideal that Newt has snookered you into believing.

We all saw what happened when people bought into the hype of candidate Obama...


93 posted on 12/12/2011 3:32:09 PM PST by JohnBrownUSA (Don't Tread On America!)
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To: Jim Robinson

The 300 pages of Obamacare that Newt wants to keep is what I am worried about.


94 posted on 12/12/2011 3:33:10 PM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: JohnBrownUSA

I am not supporting Newt.


95 posted on 12/12/2011 3:35:50 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

Awesome! :)


96 posted on 12/12/2011 3:41:14 PM PST by JohnBrownUSA (Don't Tread On America!)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

For starters, anybody that Karl Rove supports belongs to the establishment.


97 posted on 12/12/2011 3:43:57 PM PST by JohnBrownUSA (Don't Tread On America!)
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To: JohnBrownUSA

If Newt is our nominee, I’ll walk over hot coals to vote for him against Obama.


98 posted on 12/12/2011 3:44:00 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: JohnBrownUSA

I am not supporting Newt, but lots of good people are. We all become allies after our nominee is chosen.


99 posted on 12/12/2011 3:45:45 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

Not awesome. :(


100 posted on 12/12/2011 3:46:00 PM PST by JohnBrownUSA (Don't Tread On America!)
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