I think this is Rick Perry’s nomination to lose!
The reason he’s surged so quickly is because of the weakness in Romney. Romney is not a strong conservative and cannot be trusted when the going gets rough.
Perry embodies all three legs of the Conservative stool—social, fiscal, and defense. And the vicious media reaction also confirms Perry’s potential to “landslide” Obama out of office in 2012.
Daily Mail
Rick Perry has taken a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential nomination race in two polls released today.
It is an indication that the Texas governor could replace the former Massachusetts governor as early favorite.
Although he only formally entered the race on August 13, 29 per cent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said Perry would most likely be their choice to oppose Barack Obama in 2012, according to a Gallup poll.
Mr Perry's support among Republicans was not dented by strong comments just after getting into the race, when he raised eyebrows among some of the party's opinion leaders by seeming to threaten U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and questioning Mr Obama's patriotism.
The first nominating contests will not begin until early next year, but most of the other Republican White House hopefuls have been campaigning for months.
Mr Romney had been first in most nationwide opinion polls. Gallup said 17 per cent favored Romney, when asked to rate the field of candidates vying for the nomination. Texas Congressman Ron Paul was third, at 13 per cent, and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann came fourth, with 10 percent.
The telephone poll of 1,040 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents between August 17 to 21 was the first conducted after the second Republican candidates' debate in Iowa, the Iowa Straw Poll and Mr Perry's entry into the race.
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