Fresh TIME/CNN first-in-the-nation polls show Gingrich dominating Iowa, South Carolina and Florida — and within striking distance in New Hampshire.
Iowa: Gingrich 33 — Romney 20
New Hampshire: Romney 35 — Gingrich 26
South Carolina: Gingrich 43 — Romney 20
Florida: Gingrich 48 — Romney 25
See the full results, including how the other candidates stack up, here.
Static analysis: Gingrich will be the Republican nominee. The Romney campaign will have to take him down. Hoping Ron Paul beats Newt in Iowa is not a plan. And the notion that Romney can lose Iowa and South Carolina and still win Florida does not, right now, look like a sensible proposition
