republican leaning independents. romney, now 12 points behipd, 17%, followed by ron paul with 13%. michele bachmann at 10%. the poll was conducted prior to jon huntsman s aggressive shift in campaign strange but it s unclear it will make a difference considering he s down there at 1% for jon huntsman. speaking of reporters in new hampshire, romney was asked about the poll numbers since per yip e y entered the race and whether that would lead to campaign change. i ve polled the strategy i ve had since the very beginning and the field is still fluid. there are going to be potentially other candidates. i heard today george pitaki is thinking of getting in, i heard potentially i saw karl rove thought sarah palin might be getting in. there s a lot going on amongst our group. but you know what? if you re running for president, your focus should be on the person who is president and his failures and now you re going to