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Mason-Dixon Florida 2012 Presidential Poll REPUBLICAN PRIMARY Mitt Romney 42% [28%] (23%) Newt Gingrich 31% [5%] (11%) Rick Santorum 14% [2%] (1%) Ron Paul 6% [4%] (3%) Undecided 7% [17%] GENERAL ELECTION Mitt Romney 48% [51%] (48%) Barack Obama 44% [43%] (43%) Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 41% Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 39% President [...]

There’s one mention of Newt Gingrich in The Reagan Dairies. It’s in Chapter 3, which covers 1983. Page 123 in the book: “Newt Gingrich has a proposal for freezing the budget at the 1983 level. It’s a tempting idea except that it would cripple our defense programs. And if we make an exception on that every [...]

Newt Gingrich’s decision to attack Mitt Romney as being in the mold of Charlie Crist (while comparing himself to Marco Rubio) during his campaign stops in Florida today has raised the ire of a key figure in Florida politics: none other than Marco Rubio himself. Rubio had a little to say about Gingrich’s attacks: Newt [...]

ARG Florida 2012 GOP Primary Poll Mitt Romney 42% (19%) {28%} [15%] (26%) Newt Gingrich 25% (50%) {11%} [3%] (11%) Rick Santorum 9% (1%) {1%} [1%] (1%) Ron Paul 8% (2%) {4%} [4%] (1%) Rick Perry 3% (2%) {5%} [16%] Undecided 8% (10%) {12%} [12%] (11%) Among Men Newt Gingrich 34% Mitt Romney 30% Rick [...]

Rasmussen 2012 Presidential Poll Barack Obama 42% {39%} [44%] (42%) {42%} [42%] (44%) {43%} [42%] (42%) {43%} [43%] (42%) {44%} [40%] (43%) {46%} [42%] {45%} [42%] (44%) Mitt Romney 42% {45%} [41%] (43%) {45%} [40%] (38%) {42%} [41%] (44%) {42%} [41%] (44%) {41%} [43%] (39%) {38%} [43%] {40%} [44%] (44%) Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted January 3-4, [...]

This poll does not reflect today’s exact polling averages because it started in December, whereas the poll released by Rasmussen was conducted just yesterday on January 4th.  This pretty much nullifies the notion that Romney cannot make it above 25%.  Also, the Gallup poll had Newt Gingrich in 2nd place, while the more up to [...]

DAVENPORT, IA — Ann Romney recalled moments that any mother of multiple children could appreciate: the name-salad directed by mothers toward their children after an instance of misbehavior. “At the last stop I introduced my son who is here as Matt. His name is Craig. But it reminded me of what it was like when [...]

An influential Tea Party has endorsed Mitt Romney For President in 2012! Independence Hall Tea Party PAC has become the first Tea Party to endorse Mitt Romney; predicts Mitt Romney will become 45th President of The United States, and we expect there will be more to come. Here are the details: Philadelphia, PA (January 2, [...]

This is the strongest indication indication to date that Mike Huckabee will not run for President in 2012.  ANY Presidential candidate would not let go of their South Carolina team unless they are not running.  I’ve said for a long time that Mike is not running.  He has a cruise scheduled in June and is [...]

Today, Mitt Romney formed the Romney for President Exploratory Committee with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as a first step in a campaign for the 2012 Republican nomination for President of the United States. While this step does not constitute a formal announcement of candidacy, it allows Governor Romney to be in compliance with the [...]