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| Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney |
California: Romney
Florida: Cain
Iowa: Gingrich
Maine: Cain
Michigan: Romney
Mississippi: Gingrich
New Hampshire: Romney
New Jersey: Romney
New York: Romney
Ohio: Cain
Pennsylvania: Gingrich
South Carolina: Gingrich
Wisconsin: Cain
Of the 14 states with recent polls, 9 have a candidate leading who is not named "Romney." One might think that the demise of Cain's candidacy would help Romney, but the decline of the anti-Romney candidate never does.
Although former Speaker Newt Gingrich has a lot of baggage, and has flip-flopped on some issues like Romney, I am not so sure he won't ultimately win the nomination. He appears to have momentum. Let's see if his honesty about the immigration issue brings down his numbers in the days ahead.
Also, don't be surprised if Ron Paul's numbers begin to rise as Cain appears to be leaving the race.
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Actually, with Cain's numbers falling in several states (and Perry's as well), it seems to proportionally benefitting Gingrich.
I also wouldn't count out Perry. Yes, his debate performance has sucked. But he's the only candidate not named Romney who is running a serious campaign with ads and a ground game. All the others, sans Ron Paul (who is Ron Paul and won't get the GOP nod), are either on book tours, or are just not too far behind to gain traction at this point (and that includes my personal favorite, Jon Huntsman).
This also leads me to another thing, which Joe Scarborough picked up on a few days ago on MSNBC.
If you lined up Gingrich, Romney, and Huntsman's views on the issues of the day, removed the rhetoric and the names, and just looked at the views, Huntsman would by far be the most conservative. He's 100% pro-life. He's pro-2nd amendment (Gingrich voted for the assault weapon ban). He was re-elected as Governor of Utah, a fairly conservative state, with 80% of the vote, and instituted a very conservative taxing system in Utah as well. The Wall Street Journal's editorial page says that his economic plan is by far the best that's been proposed
So why is Huntsman behind?
Because he's not going around calling Obama a Kenyan, a socialist, a communist, etc...which is something that has been consistent with the "Not Romney" candidates. They've all tossed these types of bombs at some point or another.
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