Republican Presidential Nominees - Mitt Romney

The US Republican nominating contest is taking a much needed siesta this year, with no primaries, debates or other confabulations planned. But the polls are still trickling out and they're ugly for the ever precarious front runner, Mitt Romney. A survey from Public Policy Polling found him trailing Rick Santorum by 15 points in Michigan, Romney's home state and the next competitive contest on the primary calendar. Another poll conducted nationally by Pew showed Santorum pulling even nationally, with double-digit leads over Romney among conservatives, Tea Partyers and evangelicals. Tracking data from Gallup and a national ...