It seems, just as Herman Cain’s campaign dramatically comes to an end, Newt Gingrich took Cain’s spot at the top. Nearly 1 month ago Cain was 23% support in Iowa, while Gingrich was at 7% support. Now the tables have turned, putting Gingrich at 25% and Cain out of the race.
What could this mean for Romney who is now at 18% support and in third place, less than one month before the Iowa caucus?
Romney has lingered near the top of the polls for nearly the entire race, never really reaching front runner status but always staying in the line of sight. Now, as we approach the Iowa caucus, Romney is being beaten out by Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich.
Many have claimed that Romney is most likely to gain the nomination for the republican candidate, although he has always been near the top and in the media, but never the number one. It seems Rick Perry with 6% support and Michelle Bachmann with 8% support in Iowa, have almost no chance of winning after the many stumbles both have had throughout their campaigns.
Seeing as almost all of the candidates have had their day’s in the sun, I had though John Huntsman might come out from nowhere and rise to the top of the polls, just as Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, and now Newt Gingrich have done. With only one month till the Iowa Caucus it doesn’t seem like this will happen. Seeing as, Huntsman is at only 2% support in Iowa as of November 30th.
Will Gingrich maintain his spot at the top through the primaries and gain the vote from republicans or will Romney be the republican choice in the end?
What surprises me is the fact that Herman Cain got so much criticism from allegations of a 13 year affair and dropped in the polls, later suspending his candidacy. However, Newt Gingrich had an affair as well in the 90’s and is now married to the woman he had the affair with. It is not the affair that surprises me as much as the fact that he was on the committee to impeach Clinton for lying about his affair, while at the same time he had hypocritically carried out affair as well. Why this hasn’t hit the media beats me. Maybe because it is old news, or maybe the media will pay more attention the longer Gingrich stays at the top of the polls.
Seeing as most of the candidates have only stayed front runner for a month or less maybe Gingrich being at the top of the polls now is not such a good thing. We will just have to wait and see what the outcome will be.
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