AZ PrimR: Public Policy Polling: (Preview) Romney & Santorum about tied

[Alcon]

Twitter: "The first night of our polling in Arizona was pretty much a tie between Romney and Santorum"

[greenforest32]

Has potential...

[Eraserhead]

Maybe Santorum should campaign a little there just so Romney has to pay more attention to it than he should.

[© tweed]

Maybe Santorum should campaign a little there just so Romney has to pay more attention to it than he should.

Santorum might not have the $400 to spare for the plane ticket.

[Niemeyerite]

Santorum should ignore Arizona, and go for all in MI.

[Keystone Phil]

Ah, yes...

[Likely Voter]

Rick can't really afford to spend much time or $ in AZ (he is spending like $45k). But, I wouldn't be surprised to see Romney and his SuperPac increase spending here. The SuperPAC has already slated $640k in new spending over the next 10 days).

So the good news for Rick is that money Romney has to spend in AZ, is money they dont have to spend in MI

[Wisconsin+17]

Nice. Good to see the 28! point lead here has evaporated. This is very good news.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

The turnout advantage should be even at worst for Romney via Mesa.

[Alcon]

This will be out tomorrow, and PPP previews that results will be favorable to Santorum.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Poor Mittens. He just can't catch a break anywhere.

[Tender Branson]

Romney is "up by a smidge", says PPP.

[Alcon]

Romney +3, with Gingrich doing oddly well:

Romney 36%
Santorum 33%
Gingrich 16%
Paul 9%

[Keystone Phil]

Romney +3, with Gingrich doing oddly well:

Romney 36%
Santorum 33%
Gingrich 16%
Paul 9%

Not bad. I'm sure Newt will bleed some more support to Santorum as the vote draws closer unless he has one of his amazing debate performances again.

[ajb]

I think this also shows that it's been good strategy for Santorum not to campaign heavily in AZ, especially since it's WTA. If he wins in spite of not campaigning hard, it's pretty devastating to Romney, but if he merely comes in a close second, that still looks pretty impressive.
On the other hand, if he goes all-in in AZ, he could still lose, and that would make him look weaker.
Should be an interesting night next Tuesday!

[Vermin Supreme]

Santorum should ignore Arizona, and go for all in MI.

[Miles]

Santorum should ignore Arizona, and go for all in MI.

I agree. AZ is fools gold for Santorum, IMO.

[Averroës Nix]

I wonder how much this reflects the resignation of Romney's state co-chair. Is that a big story in Arizona?

[Sbane]

If the demographics hold, California is going to be a close one folks.