Poll shows Romney, Paul neck-and-neck

According to an NBC News-Marist poll released this morning, Mitt Romney is the top choice of likely Iowa caucus-goers at 23 percent, followed by Ron Paul at 21 percent. Rick Santorum came in third at 15 percent, followed by Rick Perry at 14 percent. Newt Gingrich fell to fifth place at 13 percent and Michele Bachmann is at 6 percent. Romney will spend his New Year’s Eve in northwest Iowa — the state’s most concentrated area for Republicans — in the latest sign of his accelerated bid to win the Jan. 3 presidential caucuses, The Hill reported. His campaign said he would remain in Des Moines the morning after the caucuses for television interviews. In past campaigns, candidates who were worried about their showing in the caucuses typically have left Iowa by then to try to limit the importance placed on the results. 

 

According to an NBC News-Marist poll released this morning, Mitt Romney is the top choice of likely Iowa caucus-goers at 23 percent, followed by Ron Paul at 21 percent. Rick Santorum came in third at 15 percent, followed by Rick Perry at 14 percent. Newt Gingrich fell to fifth place at 13 percent and Michele Bachmann is at 6 percent. Romney will spend his New Year’s Eve in northwest Iowa — the state’s most concentrated area for Republicans — in the latest sign of his accelerated bid to win the Jan. 3 presidential caucuses, The Hill reported. His campaign said he would remain in Des Moines the morning after the caucuses for television interviews. In past campaigns, candidates who were worried about their showing in the caucuses typically have left Iowa by then to try to limit the importance placed on the results.