ABC’s Amy Walter named Gingrich the only Republican candidate who won: http://abcn.ws/tNwFLw. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza named him as one of three candidate winners: http://wapo.st/rAFyd3. The New York Times’ Nate Silver gave Gingrich an A- [for context: Huntsman A-, Romney B+, Paul B+, Bachmann B+, Santorum B, Perry B, Cain C]. CBS News put Gingrich at the TOP of their list of winners. [...]
Agree with Taegan Goddard that Mitt Romney, as in previous debates, was the best prepared and gave solid answers to all questions. But this time he had a worthy adversary in Newt Gingrich, who is clearly emboldened by his high polls numbers (and his own intellect). The thing to watch: Will Gingrich’s “humane” stance on [...]
CNN National Security Debate, moderated by Wolf Blitzer, 8 to 10 p.m., live from the historic DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Constitution Hall in NW Washington, in partnership with the Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute. Three topics: national security, foreign policy and the economy. Podium position, left to right: Santorum, Paul, Perry, Romney, Cain, [...]
Paul Begala: “Republicans, apparently, will date anyone before they’ll marry Mitt. Remember their brief fling with Donald Trump? Then, after he decided not to throw his hair into the ring, they fell for Michele Bachmann, the Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya of the far right. Then it was Rick Perry — the guy who claims he jogs with [...]
Republicans are most likely to name Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as their first choice for their party’s 2012 presidential nomination, with Herman Cain close behind. Among all Republicans nationwide, Romney is the choice of 20% and Gingrich 19%. Among Republican registered voters, Gingrich is at 22% and Romney at 21%. These results are based [...]
A new Magellan Strategies poll in New Hampshire finds Mitt Romney barely edging Newt Gingrich among GOP presidential primary voters, 29% to 27%. They are followed by Ron Paul at 16%, Herman Cain at 10%, Jon Huntsman at 8%, Michele Bachmann at 2%, Rick Perry at 2% and Rick Santorum at 1%.
The latest Economist/YouGov poll shows Newt Gingrich leading the Republican presidential race nationally with 23%, followed closely by Herman Cain at 21% and Mitt Romney at 19%. The remainder of the field is far back: Ron Paul at 7%, Rick Perry at 6%, Michele Bachmann at 5%, Jon Huntsman at 5%, Rick Santorum at 2% and Gary [...]
A new Fox News poll shows Newt Gingrich leading the GOP presidential field nationally with 23%, followed by Mitt Romney at 22% and Herman Cain at 15%. The rest of the pack: Ron Paul at 8%, Rick Perry at 7%, Michele Bachmann at 6%, Jon Huntsman at 3%, and Rick Santorum at 2%. Via The Political Wire.
Nate Silver highlights them: [A]lmost any winner of Iowa apart from Mr. Romney himself would present some kind of threat to him in one of the next three states. (The exceptions are probably Michele Bachmann and Mr. Santorum.) Mr. Romney certainly does not need to win Iowa to win the nomination. But unless he builds up more [...]
Rich Galen explains how Newt Gingrich can win the GOP presidential nomination. “The two candidates who are stable in their numbers are Romney (with a ceiling of about 25 percent of GOP voters) and Ron Paul (who will stay between six and 10 percent). That leaves about 65 percent of Republican voters looking for a home. [...]
