After a rather disastrous 6th place finish in Iowa, Michele Bachmann today decided to suspend her campaign for the Republican party’s presidential nomination. While Bachmann didn’t endorse anyone today, her dropping out of the race will likely be mildly good news for Rick Santorum. According to the entrance polling in Iowa, Bachmann did best with [...]

Rick Santorum has managed to gain some traction in Iowa and move up to barely third place. While it is theoretically possible Santorum’s late advance might allow him to beat expectations in the Iowa caucuses, from a long term perspective Mitt Romney has little to fear even in the unlikely event of a big Santorum [...]

Another day means another new poll of the Iowa caucuses and it is more good news for Mitt Romney. According to the Marist/NBC poll Mitt Romney leads in the state followed by Ron Paul in a close second. From Marist: Here is how the contest stands among likely Republican caucus-goers including those who are undecided [...]

With less than a week until the Iowa Caucuses, things are looking for good for Mitt Romney. The recent polls find him leading in the state or coming in a close second behind Ron Paul. Either would be a positive outcome for the Romney campaign. Obviously if Romney wins Iowa that would clearly be a [...]

Depending on which polling firm you ask, the leader in Iowa with only days until the caucus is either Ron Paul or Mitt Romney. According to CNN/ORC poll Romney is in first place followed by Paul. From the CNN/ORC poll results Mitt Romney……… 25% Ron Paul………….. 22% Rick Santorum…… 16% Newt Gingrich……. 14% Rick Perry…………. [...]

According to current polling, January is shaping up to be a tough month for Mitt Romney. There are four contests in January: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida. Romney currently leads only in New Hampshire, while Newt Gingrich has a double digit lead in the other three states. But the Republican primary calendar in [...]

As unbelievable as it may have seemed only a few months ago, Newt Gingrich is now dominating the Republican presidential primary. It is not just that Gingrich is doing very well in the national horse race polling; at almost every level important indicators are looking very good for the Gingrich campaign. Gingrich currently has an [...]

Newt Gingrich is experiencing an incredible national surge according to Gallup’s polling. Gingrich has gone from being effectively tied with Mitt Romney for first place last month to now holding a 15 point lead over the rest of the field. From Gallup: Not only does Gingrich hold a substantial lead in the horse race, he [...]

There are now two more polls, in addition to the two polls released last weekend, showing that Newt Gingrich has the lead in the Iowa Caucus. The PPP poll finds Gingrich with a nine point lead over second place Ron Paul. From PPP: Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in PPP’s newest poll of Iowa [...]

He seems to be in Iowa, at least according to the latest NBC/Marist poll. The poll found that in a theoretical general election match up, Ron Paul is the only candidate polling close to President Obama in Iowa, while all other Republican candidates are trailing him badly in the state. According to the poll, in [...]