Posted on 02/14/2012 6:47:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Consider this a corroboration of Gallup and Pew, both of which have recorded a surge for Rick Santorum that makes him the national frontrunner — if not in each state. The CBS/New York Times poll shows Santorum gaining 14 points in a single month, eclipsing Mitt Romney by three points (still within the MOE), whose support stayed virtually unchanged from January. Almost all of the gain comes at the expense of Newt Gingrich, who dropped to fourth place behind Ron Paul among Republican primary voters:
Rick Santorum has pulled slightly ahead of Mitt Romney in Republican primary voters’ preference for the presidential nomination, a national CBS News/New York Times Poll shows.
Ron Paul is now in third, followed by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
Among self-described conservative voters, the shift has been fairly dramatic. A month ago in this poll series, conservatives were equally split between Romney, Gingrich, and Santorum at 25/25/24 respectively. Now, however, Santorum’s support in this demo has risen to 38%, while Romney has remained steady at 24% and Gingrich dropped by about half to 12%. The same thing has happened to Tea Party support and evangelicals. The dynamic seems to be a movement away from Gingrich and a consolidation among conservative voters behind Santorum as the alternative to Romney, at least for now.
There are a few things to note about this poll, however. This is a poll of registered voters, not likely voters, which is not as predictive a model and is a curious sampling choice in the middle of the actual primary voting. These results come from a larger survey, most of whose results will be announced later. The overall sample was 1,064 registered voters, but only 331 of those planned to vote in a Republican primary. At least a few of those will be independents rather than Republicans, so the partisan split of the overall survey is likely to be highly skewed to Democrats. That doesn’t matter for these results, but a sample of 331 registered voters for a national poll is on the small side. Keep that in mind.
Now that Santorum has become a legitimate force in the race, he’s getting some attention from the usual suspects. Member of Occupy Tacoma tried to crash a Santorum event, and Politico reports that Santorum responded by calling them agents of “true intolerance”:
Filling the front row at the Washington State History Museum where Santorum spoke, a group of Occupy protesters disrupted the event, forcing Santorum to engage them. Occupy Tacoma, the local branch of the Occupy Wall Street movement, is camped out right next to the museum, and advertised Santorum’s visit on its web site.
“I think it’s really important for you to understand what this radical element represents, because what they represent is true intolerance,” Santorum said, after two protesters were taken to the ground and placed in handcuffs by police.
The protesters, Santorum suggested, “instead of standing here unemployed, yelling at somebody” should instead “go out and get a job.”
Santorum’s supporters roared their approval, chanting “get a job” back at the Occupiers.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then …
If I wanted your worthless opinion, I would ask for it. Nice of you to put words in my mouth.
Either way, you do not make the rules around here.
Glad I don’t live in your stupid state.
The words of a true thinker.........albeit better than the vile, irrational ones you posted yesterday....
If I had any authority on FR (trust me, I don't), I would ban or suspend anyone who implied that having Obama destroy this country for four more years would be better than ANY of the four remaining candidates.......and that includes the insane Ron Paul.
If you truly understood the damage this Marxist regime is doing, no matter how much you hated Republicans, you would never say such a thing.
However, I have no doubt that you'll continue posting that you prefer 'the evil we know'.....Barack Hussein Obama.
And you'll still fantasize that you're a conservative......
Correction. In your post #62, you said it would be "better" to have Obama (the 'official evil').
It shows a complete lack of knowledge of the unparalleled Marxist evil going on under this regime if you prefer him over ANY of the four remaining candidates.
You used the word "BETTER." I didn't put anything in your mouth. It was all you, mad. ALL you.
I understand completely what the Obama regime is doing; I always have.
What I’m saying is there is no difference between 0 and Romney, and Santorum is aiding and abetting Romney.
Gingrich is the only chance we’ve got.
RINOs are worse than actual Democrats. Traitors are worse than actual enemies. Ever consider that POV??
Right, because if the Repuke nominee is Romney or any RINO like him, then the fight is lost. Then this country is done for.
And we will all have our own worthless party to blame.
Saying that there is NO difference between Romney, Santorum and Obama is NONSENSE.
Do your homework. Research Marxism, Saul Alinsky, Obama's absolute trampling of and scoffing at the Constitution, his abuse of power, his Keynsian economic garbage, his lawlessness, his theft, his hatred of everything American, his pro-Muslim sympathies, his destruction of our relationship with our allies, his impotence in the face of the dangers our enemies pose, his hatred of Christianity, his pro-infanticide, Chicago thuggery.......
Then get back to me and try to say with a straight face that Obama is "BETTER" than Santorum.
YOU just said that Obama would be "BETTER" than Romney or Santorum.
I'm sorry, but that's pathetically funny. Far more pathetic, but still amazingly, stunningly funny.....
Yes he is liberal. He is a fiscal liberal. Santorum is NOT a small government conservative by any means. He is also a union shill.
Not as pathetic as your mother...
Anyway, I never said I was a Repuke, again, putting words in my mouth.
I am conservative, Romney and Santorum are leftists.
There is no difference between them. They are all Marxists and statists of some kind. All that matters is that they are not conservative.
I already know my facts. Oh, and how did Dubya work out for us?? He wasn’t so conservative after all...
I didn’t say Obama is better than Santorum, I said I it would be better to have Obama, the official evil, in office than a RINO, evil in disguise, mucking up the party and pushing back any chances conservatives have.
Anyway, I never said I was a Repuke, again, putting words in my mouth
Wow. I've run across freepers who couldn't understand what others wrote, but you're the very first you can't even read and understand what YOU write.
Remarkable. You said "OUR OWN PARTY"....that means you are claiming to be a Republican.
Sheesh.
Oh yeah......and this....
Not even clever for a twelve year old. How old are you........eleven?? LOL!
And I repeat that, had I any authority on this forum, you as a NEWBIE, would be banned for saying it would be BETTER to have Obama than Santorum.
Good bye, newb. See you later......if you survive the Viking Kitties' wrath.
I’m a lot older than you, boy.
Well, thank God you don’t. Otherwise the forum would be a ghost town.
You know you’re wrong, that’s why you’re backing off finally.
btw, Mom's are usually not 'boys.' Skipped biology class, eh?
Once again, good luck avoiding the ZOT. Heaven knows, you've already earned it. Eventually your facade will fall, and you'll be gone, and I'll still be here discussing conservatism with genuine conservatives as I was 10 years before you signed on.
Bye. :)
I know you drop the name "Gingrich" to keep from being tossed out on your keyster, but it isn't wise to actually state in black and white that you think having Obama is "better" than having someone like Santorum as President.
Obama is raping our military. He hates our soldiers. He is violently anti-American. He can't wait to kill more innocent babies, destroy families, and rid this country of faith and morality.
And having him is not BETTER than anything we've ever suffered in this great Republic.
He is killing this country, and you don't seem to care.
Once again, good luck avoiding being banned.
Since when are Santorum and Romney conservatives??
Santorum is good on the social issues, but bad on the fiscal ones. He’s pro-union, big tax-and-spender, IOW, he can’t make up his mind.
I am very pro-life and pro-family, and so is Gingrich, who is also fiscally conservative.
Santorum is hardly conservative, except for being pro-life.
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