Rasmussen National Poll: Santorum Surges To 12-Point Lead Over Romney…
(Rasmussen) — Follow the bouncing ball. Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum has now bounced to a 12-point lead over Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary Voters finds Santorum with 39% support to the former Massachusetts governor’s 27%. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich follows from a distance with 15% of the vote, and Texas Congressman Ron Paul runs last with 10%. Three percent (3%) like some other candidate in the race, and six percent (6%) are undecided.
Just over a week ago, it was Romney leading the pack with 34% after his win in the Florida Primary, followed by Gingrich 27%, Santorum 18% and Paul 11%. But then last week Santorum swept GOP caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota and a non-binding primary in Missouri as Gingrich continues to stumble in the race to be the conservative alternative to Romney.
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Hope Santorum eats Romney’s lunch on Super Tuesday
After this little revelation, I am sure the smear attacks will be in full swing.
I hope Rick isn’t hiding something. If there is a skeleton, they will find it.
Santorum would be the liberals worse nightmare…staunch Catholic, family man, sweater vest boy—for this reason alone I hope he wins !
If Santorum is the Republican nominee Obama will be a two term President.
I wish it weren’t true, but it is.
Ringo says:
February 15, 2012 at 12:56 pm
If Santorum is the Republican nominee Obama will be a two term President.
I wish it weren’t true, but it is.
I call BS…thats the media talking, I believe anyone could beat him if they stick his words and results on the tv screen often enough…I don’t think the establishment doesn’t like Rick because he is a true conservative, but so what.
More than51% of American voters voted for Obama in 2008; do you folks really think we will win any of those centrists and independents back by nominating the staunchest, right-wing candidate?
This is not a contest for conservative purity; it’s an election we have to win for the future of America – and if Santorum is our man, it is almost certain we will lose.
@Ringo
and you know how many went with Obama for the hipster nonsense (that otherwise wouldn’t have wasted their time voting) and how many stayed home rather than vote for that backstabbing bastard McCain. Time either go big or stay at home you moderate stooge.
Ringo, Mitt is mush and has no record.
Give it up.
Run Rick, Run…………………………………………..
The Dems are desperate for Mittens to win the Primary because they know he can be beat – especially in a debate about RomneyCare/Obamacare.
Rick wasn`t my 1st choice, nor my 2nd – not even my 3rd choice. But I truly think he can win on the ABO mantra alone.
And if he chooses Allen West as his VP – then hopefully odumbo will be toast.
Whoever the R nom is will go thru a D smear grinder on hyperdrive. Hope to G-d we are ready with a strong offense, we’ll will need it. Another McCain type campaign is unacceptable.
Santorum /Gingrich 2012
For every slanderous and libelous charge against Rick, Rick’s team will be on their game and call out the very real charges against Comrade Barry. Santorum and his team absolutely need to go after the regime and expose their crimes.
Yes! Rick CAN indeed beat Comrade Dear Leader Barry Hussein – and he WILL beat the SCOAMF!
Santorum/West!
Didn’t MSNDC start attacking Santorum last week? When they attacked Newt he also got a bump in the polls.
Could it be the nations Catholics sending Oshmuck a message? Nah. /s
I like Santorum’s faith in freedom
WOW, after 47 weeks with 5%.
Go Santorum! America needs you.
Anybody but Romneycare aka Obamalite, that guy makes my skin crawl.
@ Ringo
We have already gone the Rino route in ’08 and that worked out wonerfully, didn’t it? You think independents are blind and stupid?
That same tired old canard about scaring away independents is a theory so full of holes you could strain spaghetti with it. Middle of the roadsters may be indecisive and slow to make a call, but bottom line, they choose to be called independents so they can reserve the right to switch horses in midstream.
Get out NEWT! GTFO for the good of the country and party!
@Major Glory
Santorum /Gingrich 2012
…cause I want to see Gingrich debate Biden.. Im a sadist
I’ll happily vote for Rick Santorum against Obama. I like him. I’m conservative. I’m a practicing Catholic. He’s my kind of guy…I just don’t see how he can possibly win in a general election against Barack Obama.
This is not a Senate race, or a congressional race – this is a national election. And to win a national election you must get a majority of votes from the mushy center. If Santorum is our nominee the media will make the election a referendum on contraception and gays. Is that really what we want to talk about – condoms and homosexuality?
The national debt, the size of government and national security, which are the issues this election should be about, will be lost in a pointless discussion on issues that don’t matter. And we will lose…At least that’s my fear.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/impeach_them_all.html
how about we just impeach them all?
“…cause I want to see Gingrich debate Biden.. Im a sadist”
Huh, I feel the same way about West handing it to him.
@Ringo…is correct!
We have to back the person who can defeat Obama, Santorum is not the man.
Obama will win another 4 years and America may never recover from what he has planned for our country.
I believe that Santorum’s religion, being a “family man”, his sweater vests have nothing to do with winning the general election against Obama.
Only one person now still in the race is capable of defeating Obama…that man is Newt Gingrich. If the GOP does not soon decide this, all will be lost.
@Major Glory
Santorum /Gingrich 2012
…cause I want to see Gingrich debate Biden.. Im a sadist
LOL
West would also wipe the floor with Biden in a debate!
Ringo, like Mutt, has only FUD on his side.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt
Just WTF does Romney bring to the table.
I thought so.
I don’t know. I don’t think Santorum can win, but I didn’t think Reagan would beat Carter in the 1980 election. This sot of feels like the 1980 election felt, weak candidates against a gawd awful president.
1980 was an ABC election, anybody but Carter. I hope this next election is anybody but Barry and Santorum is elected.
WARNING
who ever is picked you better back him a 100% or your will be a 100% socialist slave to obama and his unions..goons…
@Ringo:
The Ds will throw that social justice crap at any of our candidates. Its how they roll. Sick of being neutralized to appeal to people who have no intention of voting for an R. The life of our country is at stake, not some fairies with their panties in a wad over gay rights. We need a candidate who can articulate that.
I’m in Michigan and the Romney machine started the negitive ads today. Hang in there Rick, you have friends here.
The more you see shit like this, the more you have to worry:
“Santorum: ‘Birth control harms women’”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/santorum-birth-control-harms-women/2012/02/15/gIQASRukFR_blog.html
I am waiting for the GOP nomination. I will back any RNC candidate against this vile piece of shit we have in our house now. I beleive Romney is to moderate for the conservative movement in this country and Newt has a history but is one of the “Good Ol Boys Beltway”. Rick can beat the MUSLIM and if he is selected, or whomever at this point. I will throw my money and vote to that candadate.
Santorum/Allen West……..These two together would not only beat Muzzie O, they would re-unite this nation.
“WARNING
who ever is picked you better back him a 100% or your will be a 100% socialist slave to obama and his unions..goons…”
I hope we can all agree with this.
Whoever wins the nomination, we all better quit our bickering and support him with everything we got.
Good enough for me:
http://www.musicradar.com/news/live/interview-megadeths-dave-mustaine-talks-guitar-politics-and-todays-music-529703/3
Fukitol,
The more you see shit like this, the more you have to worry:
“Santorum: ‘Birth control harms women’”
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If Santorum wins the nomination, that is all we will hear straight up to the election.
@ Ringo…….ABSOLUTELY.
If Mutt wins the nomination, that is all we will hear straight up to the election:
1%
Romneycare = Obamacare
…and from Mutt… CRICKETS
GAME OVER
Oh, I forgot the “Magical Underwear”.
I’m liking Santorum even more after reading this:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/was-santorum-senate-spendthrift_629850.html
And liking Romney even less. What a scumbag. You are the statist Mitt. You are the guy acting like a ‘rat.
You folks making all of the predictions about how the election will come out need to stop taking yourself so seriously. You need to take seriously what you believe to be proper principle instead of trying to be so intelligently pragmatic. Obama is a pragmatic kinda guy; he is pandering to the most ignorant among us. He is either making a successful gamble in that regard, or he isn’t. You are going to find out how well he is able to play the public. Just be prepared for whatever the outcome. If we win, the victory is only the beginning if we are going to restore and save the country under The Constitution. If we lose, it won’t matter about what shoulda happened.
The vicous in-house attacks are the result of the fact that OHbama will lose no matter the opponent.
Hense ORomney understands this and will kill to be the last man standing. But he carries a burden…the Establisments choice.
The winner of the GOP will be Not Romney. So pick the best Conservative cause he will win.
Santorum is the only candidate in this field who can beat obongo
mitt = obongocare
newt = loose cannon, undisciplined progressive with a ‘R’ in front of his name
paul = marginalized by his own statements
santorum = principled conservative who lives his beliefs and therefore doesn’t need a teleprompter to reframe to marxist media questions he will be given / attacked with
@ringo, really?
Reagan, who came within a score of votes at a brokered convention of taking the nomination away from a sitting President? Reagan was a weak candidate because of his conservatism? Reagan who thankfully framed the path of this country for the next 25 years? I call BS
If you followed the issues a little more closely instead of watching cnn and msnbc so much, you would realize that the marxist talking points about Santorum saying the states can overturn roe vs wade is a LIE and easily exposed
This country is a Conservative Nation, stop watching the sunday morning talk shows and listening to npr
just the fact that you spout this drivel makes you highly suspect imho that you have a clue what it means when you proclaim yourself a ‘conservative’
I see two options here:
1. you are a Very! polite troll, and I must say, doing a Much better than average job trying to sway opinion
2. you need to back off the estrogen, I’m not sure why you are taking it, but seriously (ladies!! don’t bash me for this, it is just a lame attempt at a humorous analogy)
Good for him! As much as barry is hated I think a fish out of water could beat barry. It’s all B.S. saying who can and can’t beat barry. No one knows until it happens. It would be very different if barry was popular, a good president, but he isn’t. He is evil and he sucks.
NoBlahBlah,
I’m not a troll (check my website)… and like I said before: I like Rick Santorum. I just don’t think he can win.
I have prayed for this for months. Rick is a solid guy. He will do! Go Rick!
No news here…this is just part of the ‘anyone but Mitt’ cycle the repubs are going through right now. He is just the flavor of the month…next up is Ron Paul, before they finally settle on Mitt. The real news is that there is not a viable candidate that is suited to lead this country in the republican party right now. If there were, this whole charade would have been over last month.
santorum is enjoying his bounce mostly because folks don’t really know much about him other than that “he seems to be a nice, clean, conservative young man”. believe me, as soon as the litany of nutty things he’s had to say over the years, especially in regards to sex and privacy issues, he will be an overnight national laughingstock. keep in mind that he was, recently, found to be too
socially ‘conservative’ for pennsylvania. we make him the candidate for president at our own peril.
I will vote for a bag of wet toast before I vote for Obama. I will happily support the Republican nominee no matter who it is. And I voted for Santorum in the Missouri primary because he was the most authentic in his beliefs.
But…
I am genuinely scared about him getting the nomination. I’m scared that he’ll lose, or worse, that he’ll win and be Bush III.
We are so boned right now. We need a MAJOR course correction to more limited government, major entitlement reform, major spending reductions, just a fundamental change in attitude. None of the top three are anywhere near where they need to be. The only one who comes close to that is Paul, and his foreign policy views are deal-breakers for me.
At this point, I’m hoping for a brokered convention that gets us Paul Ryan, maybe Rubio or even Daniels. Hell, I’d settle for tissue samples from Reagan.
This Independent will not vote for Sanitorium. Ringo is absolutely right. Listen up GOP, I will NOT vote for that nut. The best you’ll get out of me if Sanitorium is the pick, is no vote. I really hope Republicans do not blow this. Skip is right as well, the man is Gingrich.
Everyone has been ahead of Romney. So? It means nothing.
If Romney does end up as the candidate he’ll do just fine against the idiot-in-cheif.
Obama won because McRino couldn’t energize the base. The Rickster can…
OK, Rose1, you prefer OBAMA to Rick. Critical thinking skills are just fine.