A new poll in Iowa following the departures of Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump as potential Republican presidential candidates shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leading in Iowa among Republican voters.

The Public Policy Polling institute survey has businessman Herman Cain and former governor Sarah Palin tied for second at 15 percent, with Romney leading the race at 21 percent when Republican and independents who lean Republican are measured.

Newt Gingrich is 4th with 12%, Michele Bachmann 5th with 11%, Tim Pawlenty 6th with 10%, and Ron Paul 7th with 8%. All other candidates were shown at 0 or 1%...

Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are tied for first place among likely 2012 GOP primary voters, according to a sampling of recent polls, but the betting in the political community is that Mr. Romney almost surely will run and Mr. Huckabee will not.

A multimillionaire businessman and former Massachusetts governor who sought the GOP nomination in 2008, Mr. Romney is free to pursue the 2012 race full time.

Mr. Huckabee, also a former governor from Arkansas, would have to give up his Fox News Channel TV show and the income that comes with it...

A new survey from the Marist Institute for Public Opinion shows pro-abortion President Barack Obama’s popularity has reached a new low and potential opponent Mitt Romney would defeat him.

The survey shows Obama is losing support with his base — Democrats and liberals — who are frustrated with his lack of progress on their key issues.

Obama has also alienated Republican and independent voters with his push for a government-run health care system and taxpayer funding of abortions...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a pro-life advocate, says he is more inclined than not to consider a presidential bid in 2012 seeking the GOP nomination against pro-abortion President Barack Obama.

Gingrich says he will probably not make a decision until late February or early March of next year but he says talking to friends and colleagues about a presidential bid is making him lean towards running.

In his comments, in an interview with Fox news Sunday, Gingrich says he sees the potential for winning the nomination and a general election contest against Obama is “doable” but he believes former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who lost the nomination bid to John McCain in 2008, is “probably the front-runner”...

As the focus moves from the Congressional elections to the race for the presidency, political observers are chomping at the bit to dissect every new poll that comes out — and a new one today shows bad news for Obama.

President Barack Obama is behind former governors Republicans Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee in their possible 2012 quest to prevent Obama from getting another term.

According to a new poll released today by Quinnipiac University, both are in a statistical dead heats in hypothetical matchups with Obama where Romney, the ex-Massachusetts governor, leads Obama 45-44 percent and Obama leads Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, 46-44 percent...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says Iowa voters have sent a national message by ousting three state Supreme Court justices over the gay marriage issue.

Huckabee was in Des Moines on Sunday courting evangelical conservatives.

He told reporters the decision by the state's voters to oust the justices resonated across the country. He thinks it will also add momentum to a larger movement over the gay marriage issue...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- New polling data from the Public Policy Polling national survey finds four of the potential Republican candidates are now tied with pro-abortion President Barack Obama in preview of the 2012 election. The pro-life movement will be working overtime to support one of the pro-life candidates against Obama due to his extensive pro-abortion record.

Obama trails Mike Huckabee 47% to 45% and Mitt Romney 45% to 44%, the new poling data shows.

The abortion advocate is tied with Newt Gingrich 45% to 45%, and leads Sarah Palin 47% to 45%...

Washington (AP) - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he's leaning slightly against running for president in 2012 but says it's far too early to say what he will do.

Huckabee says how the 2010 congressional elections turn out will affect his decision. He also will be looking at whether the Republican Party is willing to unite behind him as a candidate.

Another consideration, Huckabee says, is the status of his weekly TV show on Fox News...

WASHINGTON, DC - Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has won the straw poll at the fourth annual Values Voter Summit in Washington.

Of the 1,824 conservative activists who registered for the event, 597 voted in the poll. Huckabee garnered 28 percent of the count (170 votes). There was a virtual four-way tie for second place: former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney tallied 74 votes, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty 73 votes, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin 72 votes, and Indiana Congressman Mike Pence 71 votes...