Suffolk University NH Tracking poll: Santorum beginning to fade as voters find out more

[book_worm]

The Suffolk University tracking poll in New Hampshire continues to find Mitt Romney with a big lead over his GOP rivals, but it also shows Rick Santorum's surge stopping as he slips back into fourth place.

Romney leads with 39%, followed by Ron Paul at 17%, Newt Gingrich at 10%, Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman tied at 9%, and Rick Perry at 1%.

Key finding: "Santorum came under scrutiny at a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. earlier this week when he compared gay marriage to polygamy and admitted he did not know his medical marijuana laws very well. He was jeered for those answers by a predominately student audience. Overnight, his support dropped from 6 percent to 3 percent among undeclared (Independents) and also dropped from 9 percent to 2 percent among voters ages 18-34 years."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/07/santorum_slides_back_in_new_hampshire.html

yesterday the tracking poll had Romney at 40, Paul at 17, Santorum at 11, Gringrich at 9, Huntsman at 8 & Perry at 1.

Looking increasingly like Mittens will wrap up the nomination early.

[liberal N proud]

1. That could be a short ride behind the wheel of the clown car.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Well, that didn't take long.

Shame, though...I really wanted Ricky to be the Republican nominee...it would been so much fun exposing the asshole for being the self-righteous prig that he really is.

[MADem]

3. I think more people oughta start getting the word out about Mittens, as well!

Mittens isn't gaining any ground--he was at forty to forty three percent several weeks ago. Of course, he's only been campaigning in NH for almost a decade!

I think more people ought to do this to their cars--what an artful protest it would be if we saw dozens of these while driving around town:

[Brother Buzz]

4. This confirms exactly what the talking heads predicted after the Iowa caucus

For what it's worth, the GOP needs to nail down the nomination quickly and start mending fences in their party if they hope to stay relevant.

[jonthebru]

5. Shhh, don't tell them.

[Odin2005]

6. People started Googling him, I bet!

[HopeHoops]

7. Don't forget to regularly use Google to look up "Mr. Frothy".

[maximusveritas]

8. Huh? Romney was always going to win NH.

If you thought anyone else had a shot, much less Santorum, you don't know much about politics. The true test will come in South Carolina, where the candidates have more time and a larger anti-Romney pool of voters.