Suffolk University's new poll has Romney at 41 percent, Paul at 18 percent, and Santorum at 8 percent. Ed Morrissey analyzes:
If Republicans had a few weeks to campaign in New Hampshire, one or more of them might break through that and seriously challenge Romney, but the primary is five days from now. Absent an uncharacteristic and game-changing error from Romney in the debates the next few days, the best that anyone can hope to do is change the order of finish below Romney. Santorum could use a second-place finish above Ron Paul, but ten points is going to be a tall order this week.
Sabato agrees that the timing helps Romney:
[I]n 1980 there was more than a month between Iowa and New Hampshire. That allowed Ronald Reagan, who surprisingly lost Iowa to George H.W. Bush, to reset that race by clobbering Bush in the Granite State. With such little time, can Santorum and the others significantly cut into Romney’s big polling lead? It’s not likely, but it’s not impossible either, particularly with two debates this weekend.
Gallup points out that the Republican frontrunner post New Hampshire has an extremely good chance at becoming the nominee. More on Mitt's dominance in that state here.
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