Latest New Hampshire primary poll (11/29/11)
The latest Rasmussen New Hampshire primary poll has been released and it shows Mitt Romney leading Newt Gingrich by a margin of 34%-24%. This would seem like a comfortable lead for the former governor of Massachusetts, but it shows us that Newt Gingrich is making stong gains in the granite state.
Before Newt Gingrich won the endorsement of New Hampshire’s largest and conservative newspaper, the Union Leader, Mr. Romney enjoyed a 41%-14% advantage over Mr. Gingrich, that gap has closed considerably in less than a week. When it was learned that Newt Gingrich had won the endorsement of the Union Leader I wondered how much impact a newspaper endorsement still held but it certainly appears as if this endorsement has had an impact after all.
This poll was conducted on Monday, the day after Newt Gingrich won the Union Leader endorsement, so one has to believe that this endorsement has indeed been beneficial to Newt Gingrich’s campaign. If this is the case we can expect to see the polls tighten even more as the days move on because the Union Leader has gone into full attack mode on Mitt Romney (not that I have a problem with that) and will not let up until he is taken down.
In what I feel is a surprise another person with questionable conservative credentials, John Huntsman, has moved into fourth place with 11% of the vote, breaking into double digits for the first time.
Ron Paul’s poll numbers are unchanged from the last New Hampshire poll and he remains in third place with 14% of the vote and all other candidates are in single digits.
The race here in New Hampshire is starting to get real interesting as Mitt Romney was expected to win the primary by a large margin, unfortunately both front runners’ conservative credentials are in doubt and at this point it looks as if, much like in 2008, the Republicans are going to offer a candidate who is just a Democrat-lite rather than a true conservative and that means that Barack Obama’s reelection is all but certain.
Of course this all could change next week…..at least I hope so.
America's Watchtower 
Bad day for politcs. Really depressing. Time to start a draft movement by the Tea Party.
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I’ll second that! I haven’t ruled out voting third party if Newt or Mitt wins the nomination.
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This poll tells me one thing for sure. In spite of what the media and the Republican establishment would like us to believe, this race is still wide open.
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who would you like to see then?
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I am supporting Ron Paul.
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@ LD:
I support 90% of what Paul says, but the other 10% I believe makes him dangerous. What to do?
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I agree; normally if I agreed with a candidate on 90% of the issues I would think I find a nearly perfect candidate, but in Paul’s case the 10% that I don’t agree with I find very troubling.
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It is still open partly due to the fact that Mitt’s supporters don’t seem to be totally behind him, they may change their minds. His support is luke warm at best and people seem to be looking for an alternative. I have been hearing that Paul could win Iowa and he might come in third in New Hampshire (maybe higher) if this happens it will really shake up the race.
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Anything that troubles me about Ron Paul is miniscule, compared to what troubles me about someone like Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney.
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