N.H. poll shocker: Perry falls, Romney surges as does Jon Huntsman
September 22, 2011 |

Well, here are a couple of -- no, make that several -- new wrinkles in
the Republican presidential contest in New Hampshi

With the next televised debate tonight in Florida on Fox News, a new
poll of likely New Hampshire Republican voters shows Mitt Romney surging
to a commanding 27-point lead over his closest GOP rival, who is not
Rick Perry.

The Texas governor, whose mid-August entry saw him rush to the top of
numerous national Republican polls, was pushed way down in the new
Suffolk University Poll to fourth place deep into the single digits,
barely ahead of the not-even-running Sarah Palin.

But here's a surprising, potentially significant development for the New
Hampshire contest. Jon Huntsman, who's been swimming around the bottom
of the field like a foraging flounder barely registering in most polls,
has himself surged.

He's moved all the way up to 10% and third place -- ahead of Perry.

According to the new Suffolk University/7News poll of 400, the field
there now stacks up this way:

Romney at 41%, up five points since June; Ron Paul at 14% and Huntsman
at 10%, both up six points since June; Perry 8%; Palin 6%; Michele
Bachmann, 5%; Newt Gingrich at 4%; and Rick Santorum and Buddy Roemer
both at 1%.

From the LA Times...

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New Hampshire Republicans, apparently, have a lower tolerance for morons
as their standard bearers than Republicans in many other states.
Romney doesn't do anything for me, but compared to Perry. Palin,
Bachmann, Santorum, et al, he's the Prince of Light.




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