Every time he refers to Romney, you can hear the dislike he has for him. I hope Mitt wins and sents him packing along with Santorum. I hope Mitt blows them away in the next debate.
“Santorum’s fav numbers in MI have barely changed in past week…race getting closer because voters there warming up to Mitt”
I’d say its about time to open full fire on Santorum. If his favorable numbers have hardly changed, that suggests there is a big opportunity to tear him down.
Such a whiner that Newt, do we really need a Cry baby in Chief? Santorum acts the same when things aren’t going his way. To thing that people are giving Rum a pass is ludicrous.
Sometimes I wonder who I’d want to win if Romney wasn’t in the race. There’s no clear alternative, Gingrich is unacceptable to me, and Paul would just lose, so probably Santorum. Not because I think he can win, but because after he royally screwed up in the general election we’d never go down that path again.
69% of Romney’s supporters are strongly committed to him, compared to only 63% of Santorum’s backers. With momentum on his side and a more reliable group of supporters there are plenty of reasons to think Romney can continue this comeback and win next week.
The real story out of this PPP poll is that Mitt is gaining ground by building himself up and not tearing his opponents down. This is the first time he has done this since New Hampshire.
The proof?
Santorum’s favorables are the same as a week ago and Mitt’s own are 10 points higher.
February 19th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot about him.
February 19th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Every time he refers to Romney, you can hear the dislike he has for him. I hope Mitt wins and sents him packing along with Santorum. I hope Mitt blows them away in the next debate.
February 19th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
I have a feeling Mitt has a bunch of ammo (not literal) ready for the next debate and is basically holding his fire until closer to the actual voting.
February 19th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Gingrich never entered the race thinking he had a real chance. In any event, he’s been working with Palin to slow down the Mittster.
Seems mission has been accomplished to date.
February 19th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Interesting Tweet from PPP:
“Santorum’s fav numbers in MI have barely changed in past week…race getting closer because voters there warming up to Mitt”
I’d say its about time to open full fire on Santorum. If his favorable numbers have hardly changed, that suggests there is a big opportunity to tear him down.
February 19th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Such a whiner that Newt, do we really need a Cry baby in Chief? Santorum acts the same when things aren’t going his way. To thing that people are giving Rum a pass is ludicrous.
February 19th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Sometimes I wonder who I’d want to win if Romney wasn’t in the race. There’s no clear alternative, Gingrich is unacceptable to me, and Paul would just lose, so probably Santorum. Not because I think he can win, but because after he royally screwed up in the general election we’d never go down that path again.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
Here’s a gem from Ron Paul that I thought was funny.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/19/ron-paul-credits-romney-on-management-style-video/
February 19th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
8. nice find… What a stupid question though. No one that is running for president is going to endorse someone else while they are still running.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
“No one that is running for president is going to endorse someone else while they are still running.”
Gary Johnson.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
10. Oh yeah except Gary Johnson LOL
February 19th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
FOUR POINT GAP:
Michigan: Santorum 37, Romney 33, Paul 15, Gingrich 10
February 19th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
PPP MI:
Santorum 37%
Romney 33%
Paul 15%
Gingrich 10%
February 19th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Romney favs up 10 in a week to 55 favorable 35 unfavorable
February 19th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Beat you to it, Masscon
February 19th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Romney leading Among CATHOLICS.
Oops.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Also, I think this is probably just about accurate, if not SLIGHLTY (1% or so) too kind to Santorum.
“Very Conservative” is at 31% – If things in Michigan play out similar to things in Florida, “very Conservative” should be 28-30% of the electorate.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
15
Darn
February 19th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
This, from PPP:
February 19th, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Been looking at the internals Mass Con & Matthew and there is enough there to make everybody happy.
The sample PPP used in this poll is a bit heavy on the Female side….good news for Rick that he is still ahead even with that.
Catholics being for Mitt is a killer for Santorum.
Newt is going to fall some before the vote…..Rick is going to benefit frm that.
Michigan Election night is going late into the night.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
“Newt is going to fall some before the vote”
Depends on the debate.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Santorum up 12% with Men
Romney up 4% with Women.
Even sample would produce rougly a 8% lead for Santorum.
Santorum up 3% with GOP…up 11% with INDIES.
Romney support now more committed….this is HUGE for Mitt.
Nail biter.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:33 pm
The real story out of this PPP poll is that Mitt is gaining ground by building himself up and not tearing his opponents down. This is the first time he has done this since New Hampshire.
The proof?
Santorum’s favorables are the same as a week ago and Mitt’s own are 10 points higher.
February 19th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Smack,
Recheck your math on that one. Half way b/w +12 Sant w/ men and Mitt +4 w/ women is +4 Sant (not +8).
February 19th, 2012 at 11:18 pm
All this talk by Gingrich on Mitt being negative. However, as he says this, Gingrich is continually being negative against Romney.