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Washington Examiner Chief Congressional Correspondent Susan Ferrechio on the GOP Presidential race.
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Presidential candidates are now focused on New Hampshire a state that's considered friendly political territory for moderates.
Such as Mitt Romney in fact a new poll released today by some put university shows Romney holding -- commanding lead.
That's commanding 43% to the runner up 14%.
His closest competition Ron Paul new -- -- Gingrich is at 9% and joining me now from Manchester.
To -- give us some assessment Susan brief show the chief congressional correspondent for the Washington examiner.
Susan this this looks like it -- like it's already a blow a lot of these numbers were.
Hold up.
-- -- Well it depends now you cannot discount Rick Santorum -- some steam he did so well in Iowa came from behind.
He could -- -- -- out trees raising lots of money.
He's been here -- campaigning for months he could do well enough to.
Make when Mitt Romney look a little bit weaker coming out of New Hampshire miss Summers could go -- go down and then.
Centro could do well again and South Carolina and any idea that it's going to be a cakewalk for Romney is set that's a little too early to predict as possible when you've got to lead is as wonderful as his visit New Hampshire.
-- kind of -- presume he's going to be the nominee.
But I think I -- you know informs us that Romney at lax in enthusiastic falling and that's gonna hurt him.
Going forward and it's it's could hurt him in New Hampshire.
As well he had a rallied today and it was.
-- -- duty film about a quarter or half of an auditorium.
The high school.
In Manchester so people are turning out you know in record numbers to see him even in New Hampshire a state neighboring -- Accusatory served as governor.
Well how about the least popular amongst the -- remaining Republican candidates -- Jon Huntsman.
How important is all of this to him.
It's how does it you know he is absolutely avoided I'll less that it didn't matter put -- -- and in New Hampshire in one basket here in New Hampshire.
And he has been climbing just sort of microscopically.
In the polls he's still in single digits.
But he's he barely cracked.
10% or 9% in a previous Suffolk poll -- -- for a moment in third place now is back in fourth place.
He's seizing Hampshire -- all or nothing for hand I think if he does not place second or third.
-- -- I don't see how he goes forward from here but he could take away a few votes from Mitt Romney.
Just because it's -- Marmara similar.
Then Rodney is with the with say Gingrich Paul or Santorum.
-- Perry has is skipping a small at least as far as we know right now New Hampshire and going to South Carolina for the -- first primary there.
Bachmann has withdraw -- of the supporters of those two candidates go.
In new ramp up.
Saw in New.
Hampshire neither of Bachmann norm parity.
Had a big base of supporters in New Hampshire sow not neither of them are doing well in the polls in fact -- if Bachmann state and US name and it really compete New Hampshire.
So there are going to be some supporters here though.
-- nominal amount of support here for damn thing and -- the conservative vote so you would guess that.
Santorum or Gingrich might pick up some of those voters and and that's what I think will happen with with the two of them.
-- we're gonna be checking in with you over the course of the week is to see which way every political conscious moving Susan breach of thanks and then as part -- eleven.
Projects that go first to see if he survived and that the bitter cold up there are bad just for Susan thank you and and Smart Smart.
