Willard running third in Georgia.

[RandySF]

ATLANTA - Former Georgia congressman Newt Gingrich is leading among primary voters in the state he represented for two decades, and ex-Sen. Rick Santorum is second in a poll released Friday.

Gingrich gets the nod from 35 percent while Santorum surged into second with 26 percent in the wake of his three primary wins this week in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado.

Mitt Romney has 16 percent, putting him in third place a head of Ron Paul’s 5 percent. Another 18 percent were undecided when surveyed by phone Thursday evening.

The poll by Rosetta Stone Communications and Landmark Communications questioned 1,475 people who said they were likely to vote in Georgia’s Republican presidential primary March 6, Super Tuesday. It has a margin of error of 2.6 percent.

http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2012-02-10/poll-gingrich-santorum-lead-georgia#.TzWeWX3Ei13

[russspeakeasy]

1. Excellent...that keeps this show on the road.

[customerserviceguy]

2. There's a big undecided vote there

If they were inclined towards Noot, I don't see why they wouldn't say so. Also, I doubt that the last-minute deciders will go for Romney.

Everybody expects Romney to do poorly in Georgia, as well as other Southern states. But if Santorum can beat Gingrich in his own back yard, he'll have zero hope of going all the way to the convention.