Polls Show Romney Going From Eight Points Down to Eight Points Ahead in Just Three Days

Mitt Romney

The polling in the Republican presidential nomination has now swung back the other way.  After his South Carolina win, Newt Gingrich almost immediately wiped out Mitt Romney's lead in Florida and moved several points ahead.   That lead faded almost overnight as polls show Romney regaining the lead.

The poll I found the most telling in terms of the recent trend in Florida is the last two Insider Advantage (IA) Florida polls.  In a 1/22 poll, IA's poll had Gingrich leading Romney 34-26.  In a poll conducted on 1/25, IA shows Romney leading 40-32.  While Gingrich only lost 2 points on his total, Romney gained 14 points.  Santorum and Paul were down 3 and 4 points respectively in the poll.  The remaining 5 point increase in Romney's numbers were undecideds breaking his way as the January 31st primary draws near.

Gingrich has a week to turn things around.  If he fails, Romney will have resurrected a campaign that was beginning to flounder.