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Fox News Poll: Santorum Surges Nationally After Three-State Sweep [Ties Romney at 30%; Gingrich 16%]
FoxNews ^ | February 09, 2012 | Dana Blanton

Posted on 02/10/2012 9:57:42 AM PST by Steelfish

Fox News Poll: Santorum Surges Nationally After Three-State Sweep By Dana Blanton February 10, 2012

Rick Santorum has surged nationally in the race for the 2012 Republican nomination after his three-state sweep this week, while Mitt Romney has lost ground among GOP primary voters. In addition, most GOP voters say the nomination race isn’t over -- someone other than Romney could still win. That’s according to a Fox News poll released Friday.

The new poll was conducted over four nights this week -- Monday through Thursday -- so it provides a unique opportunity to compare Santorum’s support before and after his wins in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. And the results are striking.

Click here to view full Fox News poll results.

In interviews conducted on Monday and Tuesday nights -- immediately before the news of his victories -- Santorum received the backing of 17 percent of GOP primary voters. That was well behind Romney (35 percent) and Newt Gingrich (26 percent), and slightly ahead of Ron Paul (14 percent).

In interviews conducted on Wednesday and Thursday nights -- after his wins -- Santorum’s support nearly doubled, which put him tied at the top with Romney for those two days at 30 percent. That’s an increase of 13 percentage points. Over the last two nights, Romney also received 30 percent, a drop of 5 points. Gingrich came in at 16 percent, down 10 points. Paul’s support held steady at 15 percent.

Looking at the results from all four nights of this week’s interviewing, Romney retains his frontrunner spot with 33 percent, followed by Santorum at 23 percent, Gingrich at 22 percent and Paul at 15 percent.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; elections; santorum; worstprimaryever
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To: Right_in_Virginia
We don’t want lunatic fringe in the WH

Ok then pick one

Lunatic Fringe (R)
Lunatic Fringe (D)

Lunatic Fringe(Paul) If you have trouble picking one, you may be on the wrong forum.

121 posted on 02/10/2012 12:03:56 PM PST by itsahoot (I will Vote for Palin, even if I have to write her in.(Recycled Tagline))
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To: redangus

But Obama was BLACK and he assuaded their white guilt by voting for him.


122 posted on 02/10/2012 12:05:25 PM PST by bigdirty
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To: PjhCPA
Better than a guy that couldn’t get re-elected as speaker by HIS OWN PARTY!!!

And, because of that, quit as a Representative in the House, after just being reelected, thereby backstabbing all of those who worked for his reelection and voted for him.

123 posted on 02/10/2012 12:06:51 PM PST by Prokopton
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To: Strategerist
[Reagan also was not running on social issues. He was running on optimism, anticommunism, and fiscal conservatism.]

You hit on some very key points. Reagan ran during a time when America was still a whole lot more basically Conservative than it is now. There is very little resemblance or comparison of the America then, and the America now.

There is a new underlying majority among Blacks and Hispanics that is not even being considered. Add to that, the new generations of younger indoctrinated voters who have been given their political views from the Public education system.

The Demographics of the new America is not even close to the same as it was during Reagan's time. (I was there. I worked for Reagan's campaign.)

124 posted on 02/10/2012 12:09:24 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: ohioWfan

I guess she must think we are all “lunatic fringe”? Reagan too.


125 posted on 02/10/2012 12:12:39 PM PST by KansasGirl
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To: KansasGirl
If Santorum is nominated, forget it. It will be game over for our side and Obama will win a second term. They may as well stay home because the outcome is all too predictable.

It's obvious, you know very little about the real Real Santorum. Blind support won't produce anything but future frustration, which you will soon learn the hard way and it will also be too late for the rest of us as well.

splitting the Conservative vote and isolating it to a few hard core conservatives among the general population of voters is a guaranteed failure in today's America.

126 posted on 02/10/2012 12:17:17 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
I can guarantee them that if freepers could snap their fingers and elect a President, it wouldn’t be Santorum, and it certainly wouldn’t be Gingrich. It wouldn’t be Bachmann, or Perry, or Cain either.

Wow who would that be? Enquiring minds wanna know.

127 posted on 02/10/2012 12:18:18 PM PST by itsahoot (I will Vote for Palin, even if I have to write her in.(Recycled Tagline))
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To: KansasGirl
I am a Newt supporter and agree with everything you say about him, however, I will gladly support Rick as well. I honestly don’t understand why any Newt supporter would say that they will stay home if Rick is the nominee.

That's a great point. I probably wouldn't stay home. But I would be tempted to, really tempted to. Not because of dislike for Santorum but because I'm so tired of voting and watching the other guy win. :(

128 posted on 02/10/2012 12:24:19 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: itsahoot

I pick Jesus but he’s not on the ballot.


129 posted on 02/10/2012 12:24:56 PM PST by FresnoRobert (When born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, it's reversed.)
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To: jim_trent

Not I. I have no love for Santorum; I see right through him.


130 posted on 02/10/2012 12:25:06 PM PST by newzjunkey
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To: itsahoot

Read your tagline! :-)


131 posted on 02/10/2012 12:25:48 PM PST by KansasGirl
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To: pgkdan

“Shove this crap up your paulbot butt.”

Are you saying that to me because I am a Santorum supporter?


132 posted on 02/10/2012 12:27:45 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KansasGirl; ohioWfan
I guess she must think we are all “lunatic fringe”? Reagan too.

Hey, KC --- I know it's sometimes tough to come into a thread in the middle of a "conversation".

But if you're going to throw about vapid comments at least understand the context and meaning of the post you think you're quoting.

Just makes for a more intelligent debate. Thanks.

133 posted on 02/10/2012 12:28:32 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Right_in_Virginia; Lazlo in PA

She might be avaliable.

134 posted on 02/10/2012 12:30:58 PM PST by itsahoot (I will Vote for Palin, even if I have to write her in.(Recycled Tagline))
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To: Right_in_Virginia
It's frustrating, I agree. It's even more frustrating to see this ship of fools, running chaotically from candidate to candidate with very little scrutiny or thought. It's almost fanatical in a way.
135 posted on 02/10/2012 12:31:39 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: All
So, there are posters who think "All the Republican candidates MUST be vetted, down to their bedroom, but not Rick Santorum" ?

WHY ever not? He must be thoroughly vetted, especially because he flied under radar up to now.

For most people, including me, Rick Santorum was just a disgraced senator, who badly lost his reelection with 41% to 59% in 2006 ...

The more I'm reading about his record, the less I like him.

Santorum is the guy who wrote in more than $3.5 billion in earmarks during his career. "Fiscal conservative"? Hardly.

Santorum is the guy , who cheated his state of almost $100,000 for his personal use and never gave back the money.

During his years in the Senate, Santorum raised his family in northern Virginia, and not in his Pittsburgh suburb house he claimed to be his main residence. Pennsylvania voters were shocked when they found out the Penn Hills School District of that suburb had paid out $72,000 for the home cyberschooling of five of Santorum’s kids, hundreds of miles away in a different state. Santorum never returned the money.

Santorum is the guy who put up a "charity", which was indeed only a money scam.

In 2001 Santorum launched a charitable foundation called the 'Operation Good Neighbor Foundation, ' which rose more than $1 million. Where did the majority of the charity’s money go? In salaries and consulting fees to a network of politically connected lobbyists, aides and fundraisers, including rent and office payments to Santorum’s finance director Rob Bickhart.

A responsible charity doles out at least 75 percent of its income in grants, but the 'Operation Good Neighbor Fund' contribution was less than 36 percent. The charity – which didn’t register with the state of Pennsylvania as required under the law, was finally disbanded in 2007.

I can go on and on ...

136 posted on 02/10/2012 12:32:28 PM PST by Marguerite (When I'm goodDuring his years in the Senat, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: itsahoot

Back away from the bong ... you’re making a fool of yourself.


137 posted on 02/10/2012 12:35:32 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: jim_trent

You’re right. We have to wait until the perfect candidate comes along. The Bible says He’s coming back, but doesn’t say when.


138 posted on 02/10/2012 12:38:13 PM PST by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: itsahoot

You’d have to answer that one for yourself. But would YOUR choice be any of those listed? They would not have been on my list of candidates.

None of those in the race this time would have been on my list. But I don’t know who I would install as king. It’s much easier to pick the least objectionable from a list, than it is to pick the one you want the most.


139 posted on 02/10/2012 12:39:20 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Right_in_Virginia; ohioWfan

I’ve read every post on the thread. You think Santorum will be painted as lunatic fringe, because he is pro-life, and thus lose. I disagree. I also know that the media will try to destroy whoever we nominate. It will be up to the candidate to stay on message.

Besides, if anyone is extreme when it comes to life issues, it is Obama. I’d love to see Santorum bring out his votes against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act! Now, that is “lunatic fringe”!


140 posted on 02/10/2012 12:39:55 PM PST by KansasGirl
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