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Jamie Dupree Washington Insider

GOP Race Changes Again

2:20 pm January 26, 2012, by Jamie Dupree

Last week in South Carolina, the Republican race for the White House went topsy turvy in just a few days - and it seems that the GOP race may be doing the same thing in Florida this week.

Three new polls out today show Mitt Romney suddenly grabbing a strong lead here in Florida, just a few days after two of those same polls showed Gingrich with lead over Romney.

Insider Advantage had Gingrich up eight points on Sunday - that shifted 16 points in favor of Romney to give Mitt his own eight point edge.

Rasmussen had Gingrich up nine points earlier this week - that shifted 17 points in favor of Romney, giving him an eight point advantage.

At a morning rally here in Jacksonville, Romney said he was looking forward to tonight's debate, as he took some veiled swipes at Gingrich, again trying to label Gingrich a Washington insider.

"I've never lived in Washington, D.C., I'm not part of the culture of Washington, D.C.," Romney said, never uttering Gingrich's name but making it very clear who he was talking about.

"If you think you really need someone who is part of the culture of Washington," Romney added, "why there are other people you can choose."

As for Gingrich, he began the day with a Tea Party rally north of Orlando, where he repeatedly lashed into Romney and again criticized the negative ads run against him.

"The candidate who is willing to say anything and do anything, because he's so desperate to be President, he doesn't think the truth matters," Gingrich said.

After his rally, which had a big turnout of over 1500 people, Gingrich told reporters he was very frustrated with all of the negative ads that have been hitting him here in Florida.

"I am angry," Gingrich said. "I think every American should be angry."

"How can somebody run a campaign this dishonest?" Gingrich asked.

It may preview a more aggressive Gingrich in tonight's debate here at the University of North Florida.

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17 comments Add your comment

Bravefan33

January 26th, 2012
3:56 pm

First

Jamie, it’s obvious where your favoritism lies. When Newt was up you couldn’t stop tweeting about it! Now that Romney’s numbers are up, I had to read the second paragraph in this article to even know who was leading in the polls.

A candidate whose fidelity has been questioned, flip-flops more than Romney, and now proposes colonies on the moon cannot be taken seriously for President.

Greg H

January 26th, 2012
4:01 pm

Jamie, ignore the moron above…. Idiots like him are an embarrassment to public discourse. You’re a REAL journalist, rare in these times.

sam

January 26th, 2012
4:03 pm

Romney is the one with the business smarts to deal with our dying economy. Unfortunately, he lacks the gumption to tell people, “Look here, I do pay 15% on those returns, but I risk losing everything by investing, and some years I pay on gains, and the next year I lose the same gains on which I paid, and if in a following year I gain again, then I pay on those gains again, and so effectively, I AM paying 30% on the same money at the end of the day.” Gains are never real until they are withdrawn from the market. Loses aren’t either actually, but when you have paid the taxes on gains, the tax amount IS REAL, and many times the money you paid for is gone. I guess most people don’t invest so they need this kind of lesson.

DW

January 26th, 2012
4:15 pm

Does it really matter ?? Either of these a$$hats will lose to obama in november

sam

January 26th, 2012
4:18 pm

DW: It doesn’t really matter. Obama will just escalate the inevitable slide into complete chaos when the moneyed in this country leave it or just simply couldn’t support all the free loaders there are and who are multiplying every day, even if all the millionaires paid everything they had. They already support these freeloaders to the extent that 10% pay over 60% of all taxes collected to the bloodsucking leeches.

DW

January 26th, 2012
4:22 pm

@sam

Thats why there are a MILLION statistics out there showing how the rich get RICHER and poor and middle sink. I hear a fiddle playing for all the millionairs right now…

JohnnyReb

January 26th, 2012
4:54 pm

All that belittle the rich, think the rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes, who are out of work and believe they can’t find a job because of the rich, feel they are paid less than their worth, and who are, basically, on the Obama blame the rich band wagon, best wishes in getting a job with someone who is poor. Keep buying in to Obama’s reelection lies. Kill the goose. Then there won’t be any revenues for Obama to spread around. What will you do then, when Barry has collapsed the entire system?

Ayn Rant

January 26th, 2012
5:13 pm

@sam

Isn’t Romney a bigger free-loader than any person on welfare, unemployment, or Social Security?
He makes $20 million a year, and doesn’t even have a job.

Senior74

January 26th, 2012
5:21 pm

I just saw a video of Nancy Reagan on fox news saying “Ronnie” was passing the torch on to Gingrich & then saw Michael Reagan saying he was supporting Gingrich. If Romney got the nomination we would end up with the UN Agenda 21 that Obama already received the Nobel peace prize for (remember we wondered how come?) they knew he had the same agenda.Whereas Romney had Gina McCarthy working for his environmental policies, she now works for Obamas EPA & John Holdren worked for Romney & now works for Obama as his science czar. This UN Sustainable development Agenda 21 of being pursued 4 more years will bring the US into a part of a one world communist gov, It will affect every area of our lives, Research this everyone, please. The original UN document is on line.

Josh

January 26th, 2012
6:11 pm

Greg H, Using terms and calling other people names like “moron” and “idiot” is public discourse also, hmm I think Bravefan33 had a point, and people like you need to control your anger, your heart attack material buddy

Jack

January 26th, 2012
6:58 pm

Sam @4:18. I wish I’d said that.

john boy

January 26th, 2012
7:03 pm

Please all democrats vote in your states republican primary. Obama needs our help now.

sheepdawg

January 26th, 2012
7:04 pm

newt’s powerbase is the illiterate right wing christian southerners who think they are part of the 1%. Florida doesn’t fit the profile for his supporters. Unlike SC, GA, AL, TN, MS, and other old south bastions of ignorance, FL voters are more in tune with reality.
newt has to have the lower IQ turnout to have a chance. But he’s very funny when he speaks. I like his facial expressions that portray that he really believes the tripe spewing from his mouth.

Rickey

January 26th, 2012
7:18 pm

I love Republicans; I wish everyone could own one.

Kent

January 26th, 2012
7:44 pm

I will vote Republican in the primary to help the sitting president! I’ll encourage my friends to do the same.

Corny Hull

January 27th, 2012
6:55 am

Ayn Rant,
Obviously you do NOT understand what the common use of the term free loader is. It implies living off the public dole. Duh!
If risked your investments of $20 million, for example, in teory you could lose it all, or you could gain…..either way you are not a free-loader living off the public dole!

Corny Hull

January 27th, 2012
7:05 am

Sorry for misspellings, but know you get the point.