jon: compare that to a contest between mr. obama and newt gingrich. president obama with 50% and newt gingrich with 39. bob cusack, managing editor of the hill. what is the significance of these numbers, bob? i think it is pretty significant. mitt romney is starting to gain. the newt is starting to slip. the big question is this the beginning of mitt romney s come back or is this the beginning of the end for mitt romney? you can t overestimate or over state how important florida is. in 2008 john mccain won florida and that was nomination. he went on to win fairly easily. so florida is just so important. jon: well, if newt gingrich were to win florida, and you know, anything, the numbers seem to indicate it could be possible, the nationwide match-up numbers between newt and the president versus mitt romney and the president, not as good. yeah. and that s what gingrich has to convince republicans. there are a lot of republicans who are panicking in washington, who served
gingrich s 31%. santorum and paul at 12% and 9% respectively. bill: the big story as we go through the numbers, how much the story has changed since monday, only four days ago. in words of the man who did the polling this is just nuts. scott rasmussen is the man. live with us from rasmussen reports. what is going on here, scott? bill, you have to remember a week ago we were having mirror image of this discussion. newt gingrich had gone down 14 to up two. a 16-point swing in matter of days. now gingrich down 10, romney up 17-point swing. part of it the surge is the surge and doesn t last. newt gingrich had a good week but it hasn t lasted. part of it those somewhat conservative voters now are swinging behind mitt romney. he leads among that group 50% to 29%. gingrich still does well with the very conservative voters. bill: remind our viewers, these are likely republican voters in florida you re surveying. that s right. bill: this is going to the heart of it. you asked this
former house speaker newt gingrich has 34. jenna: in the latest quinnipiac poll if the race were between president obama and mitt romney they re both tied at 45%. jon: compare that to a contest between mr. obama and newt gingrich. president obama with 50% and newt gingrich with 39. bob cusack, managing editor of the hill. what is the significance of these numbers, bob? i think it is pretty significant. mitt romney is starting to gain. the newt is starting to slip. the big question is this the beginning of mitt romney s come back or is this the beginning of the end for mitt romney? you can t overestimate or over state how important florida is. in 2008 john mccain won florida and that was nomination. he went on to win fairly easily. so florida is just so important. jon: well, if newt gingrich were to win florida, and you know, anything, the numbers seem to indicate it could be possible, the nationwide match-up numbers between newt and the president versus mitt romney and
martha maccallum with you this morning. a total reversal of the numbers we had on monday. hear is the breakdown, if the primary were held today, mitt romney would win with 39% of the vote with newt gingrich s 31%. santorum and paul at 12% and 9% respectively. bill: the big story as we go through the numbers, how much the story has changed since monday, only four days ago. in words of the man who did the polling this is just nuts. scott rasmussen is the man. live with us from rasmussen reports. what is going on here, scott? bill, you have to remember a week ago we were having mirror image of this discussion. newt gingrich had gone down 14 to up two. a 16-point swing in matter of days. now gingrich down 10, romney up 17-point swing. part of it the surge is the surge and doesn t last. newt gingrich had a good week but it hasn t lasted. part of it those somewhat conservative voters now are swinging behind mitt romney. he leads among that group 50% to 29%. gingrich still does we