The back and forth is starting the Sunshine State — former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads in a new snap poll of the Florida Republican primary audience from We Ask America, up on former House Speaker Newt Gingrich 34 – 32. Gingrich led in the first three polls conducted after his big win in South Carolina by between 9 and 5 points, so the new survey is the first to show possible slowing of Newtmentum. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gets 9 percent and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) sees 8 in the new poll.
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