Rick Santorum, Front-runner?
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Whitney Curtis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Could Rick Santorum now be the front-runner for the Republican nomination?
Two new national polls out Monday suggest Santorum is a candidate on fire, soaring to the top of the Republican race and now in a statistical tie with Mitt Romney for the lead.
First, a poll by the Pew Research Center:
- Santorum, 30 percent
- Rommey, 28 percent
- Newt Gingrich, 17 percent
- Ron Paul, 12 percent
Second, Gallup’s latest national poll:
- Romney, 32 percent
- Santorum, 30 percent
- Gingrich, 16 percent
- Paul, 8 percent
Santorum is surging nationally (up 14 points in seven days in one poll) just as the primary battle is about to become more of a national race with 18 states holding primaries or caucuses over the next month.
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