"Obama is evil! But I can run the country!"
Posted on 01/14/2012 3:50:40 PM PST by Bigtigermike
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has opened a wide lead over his rivals in the South Carolina primary election race, trouncing Newt Gingrich and gaining momentum in his march toward the party's nomination, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, could all but quash his rivals' presidential aspirations with a victory in South Carolina on January 21 after winning the first state-by-state nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Voters in South Carolina - who have favored Republicans in nine of the last 10 presidential elections - appear to have shrugged off attacks on Romney by rivals who accuse him of killing jobs as a private equity executive for Bain Capital in the 1990s.
The poll showed 37 percent of South Carolina Republican voters back Romney. Congressman Ron Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum tied for second place with 16 percent support.
Gingrich, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has fallen far back after holding a strong lead in South Carolina in December. He was in fourth place at 12 percent in the Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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WOW
romney will not win
he cannot run against Obamacare
He makes obamacare look good, so it makes Obama look good
Pray for America
ABR
ANYONE BUT ROMNEY
Why doesn’t the GOP just save time and money by cancelling all the primaries and holding Romney’s coronation next week? /sarc
I think this is BS also. Here in upstate South Carolina, I have found NO ONE supporting RINO ROMNEY.I believe Romney will be wondering what happened after the votes are counted.
BS
Romney, if nominated, will win by a landslide...but he’ll do it w/o my vote. I’m so old that I refuse to hold my nose any longer.
I'll accept an online poll only if the results mirror traditional polling.
His lead doubled overnight???
“I have found NO ONE supporting RINO ROMNEY.I believe Romney will be wondering what happened after the votes are counted.”
That depends on who counts the vote. I put nothing past the GOP nomenklatura in terms of bad faith or fraud. Nothing.
< rolls eyes >
"Obama is evil! But I can run the country!"
Reuters - ‘nuff said.
I do not believe this B/S for one second.
Can the people of South Carolina be that stupid????
This is an online poll?
Frigging worthless BS
Flopney has ZERO chance against Obama.
Been hearing a lot of that "w/o my vote" stuff. Not so sure Romney would win much less by a landslide. So sad that the people have been manipulated like this.
I am 63 and the SOB damn sure won’t get my vote.
According to all other polls, the people of SC are NOT that stupid, no.
Outlier poll. Shaky parameters to say the least.
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