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Gingrich to halt poll slide 

Newt Gingrich hopes lightning strikes again and the Tea Party tsunami that helped him win South Carolina will materialize in Florida.

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AP-GfK Poll: In 2012, it can only get better (AP)

Graphic shows opinion poll of the yearAP – Americans are hopeful for what 2012 will bring for their families and the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, though most say 2011 was a year they would rather forget.


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Santa Claus still flying high in new poll (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2011, file photo, Grace Young, 5, of Costa Mesa, Calif. asks Santa Claus for a pair of skates at the lighting of the 'Snoopy House' display that Jim Jordan created 44 years ago, on the lawn outside City Hall in Costa Mesa, Calif. Why do kids believe a chubby guy in a flying sleigh can deliver joy across America? Because their parents do. A whopping 84 percent of grown-ups were once children who trusted in Santa’s magic, and lots cling to it still. Things are changing fast these days, with toddlers wishing for iPads, grade schoolers emailing their Christmas lists and moms wrestling over bargain toys at midnight sales. Despite all the pressures on the rituals of the season, an AP-GfK poll confirms that families are sticking by old St. Nick. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)AP – Why do kids believe a chubby guy in a flying sleigh can deliver joy across America? Because their parents do. A whopping 84 percent of grown-ups were once children who trusted in Santa’s magic, and lots cling to it still.


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AP-GfK Poll: Obama re-election odds roughly 50-50 (AP)

Chart shows selected results of a poll on Barack Obama and the economyAP – Entering 2012, President Barack Obama’s re-election prospects are essentially a 50-50 proposition, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. It found that most Americans say the president deserves to be voted out of office even though they have concerns about the Republican alternatives.


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Poll: Most Americans want payroll tax extension (AP)

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined by, from left, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters just after House passage of legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Most Americans want Congress to vote to continue the payroll tax reduction, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll that comes as Democrats and Republicans wrestle over whether to extend the cut through 2012.


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Poll: Republicans shrug at Romney’s business past (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gestures during debate in Manchester, N.H. Gingrich is pledging to stay relentlessly positive in his quest for the White House. Except when he's not. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP – Mitt Romney says his business background makes him a better presidential candidate than Newt Gingrich, who has spent decades in Washington. But the argument is not moving Republicans his way, underscoring Romney’s challenge in finding a way to stem Gingrich’s rise three weeks before the Iowa caucus, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.


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Newt Gingrich cutting into President Obama’s support in key swing states, new Quinnipiac University poll reveals 

Newt Gingrich has a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney in key swing states and his surging candidacy has started to cut into President Obama’s support in those states, a new poll found.

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