Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri Polling Averages; Santorum Set Up for Golden Opportunity to Prove He’s the Conservative to Defeat Romney and Obama

With Mitt Romney winning the Nevada Caucuses on Saturday, February 4, the GOP Presidential Nomination race moves on to Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri this week. These two caucuses and the Missouri Primary take place on Tuesday, February 7, and Rick Santorum has a golden opportunity to prove he is the conservative who can defeat Mitt Romney head-to-head. Above are the polling averages in the three states, but there is just very little polling data to go on. Newt Gingrich chose to skip the Missouri Primary, which is a non-binding primary. The delegates for Missouri will be chosen at a Caucus in March. But the Missouri Primary could prove to be far more valuable to Rick Santorum than any amount of delegates. With Gingrich not on the ballot, it is Santorum’s chance to show what he can do one-on-one against Mitt Romney. If he wins, he could get a great deal of buzz and momentum going forward.

Santorum also has a great shot at winning in Minnesota. With Gingrich running back in the pack in all three states, tomorrow could be a very dark day for the Gingrich Campaign. If Santorum wins one or two contests tomorrow and Gingrich finishes third or fourth in all three, the calls for Gingrich to get out of the race will grow strong.