Gingrich leads in latest Iowa GOP poll

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at Tommy's Ham House, Nov. 30, 2011, in Greenville , S.C. / AP Photo/ Richard Shiro

WASHINGTON - Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in a poll of Republican voters in Iowa, followed by Ron Paul and Mitt Romney.

Former House Speaker Gingrich received support from 25 percent of likely voters in the leadoff Iowa caucus, while Texas congressman Paul had 18 percent and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had 16 percent in the Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll released Saturday.

Gingrich's support stood at just 7 percent in the most recent Iowa Poll, conducted in late October. Businessman Herman Cain, who suspended his campaign today amid claims of sexual misconduct, was at 8 percent in the latest poll, down from 23 percent in October. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was also at 8 percent.

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania were at 6 percent each, and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman was at 2 percent.

The new poll of 401 likely Republican caucusgoers has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.

[bryblack13]

Come on America!? Newt??? Really? ?Multiple draft deferments during Vietnam.? ??Multiple documented sexual improprieties throughout his life.?? Co-sponsored Anti-First Amendment 'Fairness Doctrine' vetoed by Reagan.? ?Bounced 22 checks worth $26,000 during 'Rubbergate'.? 84 congressional ethics violations.?? $300,000 in congressional sanctions. ??Lead impeachment of Clinton over Lewinsky while having an affair.? Resigns from Congress in disgrace.?? And that's just for starters.? Wake up!?? Have some principles and vote Ron Paul.

[cheeksforus]

I like Newt, he may be the right man at the right time...we certainly can't continue with the people we have now.

[nancy_naive]

Calling Newt the intellectual of the GOP field of candidates is like calling Moe the intellectual of the Stooges.

[TJphoto]

He can lead all the polls he wants to. If he is the nominee he will not be able to take the high ground on morals. In a political debate his political baggage ( 1994 Contract with America )will come shining through and he will be exposed as a man who doesn't know how to tell the truth.

[amerilatino]

SOOO, elephants like peanuts *yawwn*, what else is new? I guess it doesn't matter if they're boiled, toasty-roasty or otherwise adulter-ated (pun intended), ans long as they're NUTS.

[Resin-Smoker]

So the good old folks in Iowa who mysteriously represent the rest of us, have determened that a man whom is an adulter, immoral and unethical, is our best bet for a republican president?

No wonder the US is screwed!

[longtree-2009]

don't understand the buzz. iowa has a small population compared to other states. why does anyone care what iowa thinks in this the 21 century. as for ron paul, he is a former member of the libertarian party where he was unsuccessful as a presidential candidate. one could argue that ron paul switched to the gop to increase his personal goals rather than the gop else why didn't he hang tight with the libertarian party?

[nygal28]

Gingrich leads in latest Iowa GOP poll


Only in the media's eyes, the rest of us aren't buying it.

[anyfrigginname]

So the party of family values is leaning toward a philandering lobbyist?

[kevjustice]

last gop debate or the gong show?