Tex. Gov. Rick Perry’s move from non-candidate to frontrunner in the GOP nomination process has been a big story, but a story driven largely by national polling. While Perry’s starting to become the first choice of the national Republican electorate, the nomination process will go through Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, where other candidates had a head start. But according to two new polls, that advantage has been lost.
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