Full Circle from Callum Cooper on Vimeo.
I am going to miss the Republican primary polls when this clown show ends. First Read: “With Mitt Romney holding a sizable delegate lead and with more prominent Republicans (George H.W. Bush and Marco Rubio) formally endorsing the former Massachusetts governor, Tuesday’s GOP primary in Wisconsin is shaping up to be Rick Santorum’s last chance — in math and perception. If Romney wins Wisconsin, Santorum can’t stop him from getting to the magic number of 1,114 delegates, according to our math.”
A new ABC News-Washington Post poll finds Mitt Romney trails President Obama by 19 points in popularity. Just 34% hold a favorable opinion of Romney as compared to 53% for Obama. Meanwhile, Romney’s 50% unfavorable score is higher than Obama ever has received; it’s been exceeded by just one other Republican candidate this year, Newt Gingrich, and by only one top candidate in 28 years, Hillary Clinton in 2008.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY — PRESIDENT
NATIONAL (Gallup Tracking): Romney 39, Santorum 28, Gingrich 11, Paul 11
NEBRASKA (PPP): Santorum 39, Romney 25, Gingrich 16, Paul 10
PENNSYLVANIA (Franklin and Marshall): Santorum 30, Romney 28, Paul 9, Gingrich 6
GENERAL ELECTION — PRESIDENT
NATIONAL (Suffolk University): Obama d. Romney (47-37).
NATIONAL (CNN/Opinion Research): Obama d. Romney (54-43); Obama d. Santorum (55-42)
NATIONAL (Rasmussen Tracking): Obama d. Romney (45-44); Obama d. Santorum (47-43)
ARKANSAS (Hendrix College/Talk Business): Romney d. Obama (57-33)
FLORIDA (Quinnipiac): Obama d. Romney (49-42); Obama d. Santorum (50-37)
NEBRASKA (PPP): Santorum d. Obama (55-38); Romney d. Obama (51-39); Paul d. Obama (49-37); Gingrich d. Obama (49-40)
OHIO (Quinnipiac): Obama d. Romney (47-41); Obama d. Santorum (47-40)
OHIO (Rasmussen): Obama d. Santorum (47-41); Obama d. Romney (48-40)
PENNSYLVANIA (Quinnipiac): Obama d. Romney (45-42); Obama d. Santorum (48-41)
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY — U.S. SENATE
CONNECTICUT (McLaughlin and Associates for McMahon): Linda McMahon 53, Christopher Shays 32
PENNSYLVANIA (Franklin and Marshall): Tom Smith 9, Sam Rohrer 7, David Christian 1, Marc Scaringi 1, Steven Welch 1
GENERAL ELECTION — U.S. SENATE
MICHIGAN (Marketing Resource Group): Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) 45, Pete Hoekstra (R) 40
WISCONSIN (Rasmussen): Tommy Thompson (R) d. Tammy Baldwin (D) (48-44); Baldwin d. Mark Neumann (R) (48-40); Baldwin d. Jeff Fitzgerald (R) (48-40)
OHIO (Quinnipiac): Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) d. Josh Mandel (R) (46-36).
FLORIDA (Quinnipiac): Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) d. Rep. Connie Mack (R) (44-36).
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY — GOVERNOR
NORTH CAROLINA (PPP): Bob Etheridge 26, Walter Dalton 15, Bruce Blackmon 5, Gary Dunn 4, Bill Faison 3, Gardenia Henley 2
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY — GOVERNOR
NORTH CAROLINA (PPP): Pat McCrory 64, Jim Mahan 3, Jim Harney 2, Charles Moss 2, Others 2