Republican Primary News--4.5.12

Dick Lugar, Indiana Sen., Faces Close Republican Primary: Poll Huffington Post Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) is in a tough battle to win his primary contest against a Tea Party challenger, a poll released Thursday said. The Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll showed Lugar leading Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock by just 45 ... See all stories on this topic »

Poll Romney leading Pennsylvania Republican primary passes santorum TPM A new poll of the Pennsylvania Republican primary from Public Policy Polling (D) shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney taking a small lead in the state after his victories in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia. See all stories on this topic »

Romney beginning to reach across party lines in Pennsylvania Los Angeles Times By Robin Abcarian Mitt Romney's evolution from Republican primary partisan to general election candidate has begun in earnest. Thursday morning, on the rooftop of an old downtown office building here that houses his Pennsylvania headquarters, ... See all stories on this topic »

Poll shows Santorum up over Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania Republican primary TPM Mitt Romney in the Pennsylvania Republican primary, 42 to 38. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) sees seven and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is down to six percent support. A Public Policy Polling (D) survey released late Wednesday night showed Romney with a ... See all stories on this topic »

Romney Has 2-to-1 Lead Among Republican Voters in New York New York Times (blog) By THOMAS KAPLAN With three weeks to go before New York's presidential primary, Mitt Romney holds a more than two-to-one lead among likely Republican voters, according to a new poll released on Thursday. Fifty-four percent of likely voters in the poll, ... See all stories on this topic »

Poll: Romney Far Ahead in New York Primary Wall Street Journal (blog) By Andrew Grossman AP Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at his primary night rally in Milwaukee, Wisc., on Tuesday. Mitt Romney holds a commanding lead in the New York Republican presidential primary, according to a Quinnipiac University ... See all stories on this topic »

Poll: Romney Has Big Lead in New York Primary Wall Street Journal (blog) By Andrew Grossman Mitt Romney holds a commanding lead in the New York Republican presidential primary, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday morning. Fifty-four percent of likely primary voters said they plan to vote for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Aide to donors: Get ready for Obama vs. Romney USA TODAY Romney "won three more primaries (Tuesday) night, and an increasing number of folks in the Republican Party establishment are calling for the GOP nominating process to come to an end," campaign manager Jim Messina writes in a fundraising e-mail sent ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

New York Poll: GOP backs Romney, Obama leads in general CNN (blog) (CNN) – Republican New Yorkers delivered a poll edge to Mitt Romney, ahead of the April 24 GOP primary in the Empire State. GOP presidential frontrunner Romney received 54% support among likely Republican primary voters in the state, followed by Rick ... See all stories on this topic »

Buck up, Republicans: Romney is stronger than you think Washington Post (blog) And still he's winning in the Republican primary. That might be because the rest of the field is weak, but it might be because he's a stronger candidate than people realize. Perhaps that strength is defensive: He's good at making his opponents look bad ... See all stories on this topic »