ARG poll, Huntsman in second place behind Romney in New Hampshire!!

[center rising]

Jon Huntsman has moved into second place, but still well behind leader Mitt Romney according to a new ARG poll

Romney 40%
Huntsman, 17%
Paul, 16%
Santorum, 12%
Gingrich 8%
Perry, 1%
Undecided, 4%

http://www.americanresearchgroup.com/pres2012/primary/rep/nh/

[MADem]

1. I am not surprised. He's been spending a ton of time in NH, and running "interesting" ads non-stop.

The ads portray him as the only adult in the room, essentially.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

2. He did well tonight and got some nice applause

[SixthSense]

3. is a math error in there

look at the last table, how can Huntsman have 11% of the 97% of definite voters plus 20% of the 3% of probable voters and have that add up to 17% of the total? Either his total # should read 11.3% or the numbers in the last table are all wrong.

[gateley]

4. Good! I don't know much about him, but what little I do, I would think he'd

better represent the mainstream, non-whack Republicans far better than any of those other asshats.

[elleng]

5. LOVE IT!

Liked ARG last time, and I expect New Hampshire folks won't fall for the crap idiots!

[Renew Deal]

6. I don't trust ARG

I remember them having some crazy results in 2008. But anything is possible.

[think]

7. He did seem human which is somewhat uncommon for Republican presidential candidates

[Historic NY]

8. Perry is a 1%er even undecided is beating him. .

[limpyhobbler]

9. Don't be fooled, he's just as much a corporate whore as Romney, Perry and the rest.

[Old and In the Way]

10. Interesting, if true.

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Santorum came out of far right field to tie Romney in Iowa, so it's possible he could do the same in NH. If he does, it comes directly out of Romney's chips. They seem to attract the same class of voter. I bet Romney's 40% is a very unenthusiastic collection of voters and probably not excited that their choice reflects the very worst aspects of predatory capitalism. So, the next couple of days will be interesting. If Romney collapses back to his 25% ceiling in Iowa, those 15% will probably end up in Huntsman's column....and that would be another upset and throw the race back to an unpredictable free-for-all.

Go Jon!

[RandySF]

11. ARG is a joke.

[DesertFlower]

12. i like jon huntsman.

i think he's the only one who is qualified to be prez. i wouldn't vote for him, but if he won i wouldn't feel like i had to leave the country.

[jberryhill]

14. That's a good way to put it

If he's crazy, he hides it well.

[dimbear]

13. The American people aren't going to elect anyone who throws around remarks in Mandarin.

Not going to happen.

[Old and In the Way]

15. Cantonese, maybe...Madarin, never!

Yeah, kinda sad that people would actually think this was a bad thing. To me, it tells me that the guy has onboard intelligence - learning to speak Chinese is a challenge.

[OPENtheBorders]

16. HELLO Everyone

I'm new here

Can anybody tell me what else I should know about this site besides it being a Liberal community?

[Herlong]

22. Look around!

Open the borders how? I am a baby boomer, and closing "borders" was paramount to my survival!

[Herlong]

23. Great job Tesha

nt

[Kablooie]

17. Geez. This campaign is jumping all over the place.

Shows how insubstantial they all are that no one can really rise to the top.
They all just bubble around like a big mud pot.

[fujiyama]

18. ARG has had some really odd polls in the past

Their accuracy is questionable at best.

Even if Hunstman ends up as a distant second, I don't see where his campaign goes from NH. He's gonna lose bad in SC. His only chance after that to keep any momentum going is FL, but we all know how another relatively moderate GOP candidate did when he pinned all his hopes on that state (I'm speaking of Giuliani in '08).

Hunstman is done after NH. Put a fork in his campaign. The race is really between Romney and Santorum (who even with a close second (or maybe even first) in IA is a longshot to beat Romney).

This race will probably be less interesting in coming weeks than we'd hoped for unless the social conservatives really throw a fit and find their anti Romney. Then it might get more entertaining.

[Herlong]

21. I like Huntsman

Two republican mormon forerunners can only mean a win for Obama.