The Consensus Candidate?

According to Gallup, Mitt Romney is the only Republican presidential candidate that a majority of Republicans view as an acceptable nominee. Remarkably, more conservatives see Romney as an acceptable nominee (59%) than they do Gingrich (51%) or Santorum (50%). Fewer than half of conservatives deem Perry, Paul or Huntsman acceptable.

What's interesting is that this poll was taken from January 5-8, before Gingrich and Perry's repulsive embrace of Occupy Wall Street rhetoric (Santorum, to his credit, refused to join in.) I would bet that Gingrich and Perry's numbers are falling quicklly among conservatives who aren't willing to hear free enterprise demonized in the interest of two struggling candidates' ambition.

The Consensus Candidate?

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