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Over the last two days we’ve gotten a heap of new polling data out of New Hampshire and South Carolina. And the story those numbers tell is pretty much all good for Mitt Romney.
We knew — at least since the Gingrich collapse — that he’d be strong in New Hampshire. What’s really put him in a dominating position is his strength in South Carolina, a state which I think pretty much everyone thought would be a challenge for him even if everything was going well for him.
So without further ado, here are the TPM Poll Averages and trend charts for these two key races. Read More
From TPM Reader MW …
For somebody as politically knowledgeable as yourself, I was quite surprised to see you assert so strongly that things look good for Mitt Romney.
Romney could win every primary between now and Super Tuesday and it wouldn’t make a difference when it comes to what really counts, namely winning delegates.