PA: PPP: Santorum in fourth; Rand in the top three.

[Keystone Phil]

PPP hasn't released percentages or the names of the top two but I guarantee it's Rubio and Christie.

[Lief 🗽]

Looks like Rand's filibuster has impressed the teabaggers.

[Mr. Morden]

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_PA_313.pdf

Christie 20%
Rand Paul 17%
Rubio 17%
Bush 10%
Santorum 10%
Huckabee 9%
Ryan 6%
Jindal 4%
Perry 1%

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Looks like a large contingent of Republicans are briefly pretending to care about civil liberties.

[Maxwell]

Atta boy Rand! Now we need an Iowa poll to see how well he's doing there now.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Wow.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Looks like a large contingent of Republicans are briefly pretending to care about civil liberties.

Sadly, it won't last long.

[Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!]

Looks like a bunch of them decided to #StandWithRand

Considering this is very nearly Christie's stomping ground, I wonder how things are nationally or in Iowa.

[Mr. Morden]

17% in Pennsylvania is extremely impressive for Paul.  Suggests that he's probably pretty competitive in both IA and NH right now, though it's unclear if this is just a blip that will soon fade, or something more lasting.

who leads among....

moderates: Christie
somewhat conservative: Christie/Paul tie
very conservative: Rubio
men: Paul
women: Christie
age 18-45: Christie
age 46-65: Paul
age 65+: Christie

So yeah, Paul is expanding a bit beyond the normal Paul family base.  He actually does better among those age 46-65 than those 45 and under in this poll.  That's in stark contrast to his father's showings back in the day, when he dominated among the young in every primary.  Rand, like Ron though, does do significantly better among men than women.

[Keystone Phil]

Yeah, this won't last. And they polled Huckabee? A lot of those voters would go to Santorum.

[Maxwell]

Yeah, this won't last. And they polled Huckabee? A lot of those voters would go to Santorum.

Yeah, I'm not exactly sure why they keep polling Huckabee. I'm sure Santorum would get at least 16% if not more if Huckabee was no longer polled.

[Lief 🗽]

Face it folks: Rand Paul is the undisputed front-runner for the nomination. This is Rand's world now, we're just living in it.

[Niemeyerite]

Yeah, this won't last. And they polled Huckabee? A lot of those voters would go to Santorum.

That also means that Santorum would have a soft support, and as soon as another social conservative rises up, he fades.

[Eraserhead]

Hmm, Christie should be doing much better than that here...

Face it folks: Rand Paul is the undisputed front-runner for the nomination. This is Rand's world now, we're just living in it.

Hillary Clinton v. Rand Paul would definitely be a hilarious general election. I might vote with the 39% that goes for Rand just for the hell of it.

[King]

Rand will be the nominee.

In the off chance Hillary says no and/or Obama is grossly unpopular in late 2015, Rubio or Christie will be the nominee.

In the real world, Rubio will focus on saving his seat and hoping for better in 2020; Christie will focus on staying popular as Governor and then run for Senate in 2018.  Rand is the only one crazy "principled" enough to wage a Presidential campaign against what I fully believe will be Hillary Clinton in an Obama 60% approval environment.

The real GOP primary will be Rand and the Has Beens.

[Liberalrocks]

If Hillary is nominated and Paul is indeed the nominee I think we could see a landslide, perhaps not on the scale of say a Palin nomination but Paul would be extremely polarizing with his positions and very easy to run into a corner.

[Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!]

If Hillary is nominated and Paul is indeed the nominee I think we could see a landslide, perhaps not on the scale of say a Palin nomination but Paul would be extremely polarizing with his positions and very easy to run into a corner.

It'd be a landslide, alright. Be fun to watch the Republican be the one standing up for "civil liberties" and the Democrat standing for "protection of the homeland", though, especially with all the progressives tripping over themselves justifying their views.

[Mr. Illini]

Face it folks: Rand Paul is the undisputed front-runner for the nomination. This is Rand's world now, we're just living in it.

After working with Ron's campaign and always bringing up the rear, you have no idea how happy it makes me to hear people say this. Almost brings a tear to my eye. Hopefully it continues.