Ron Paul Gains 5% on Gingrich and Romney in 5 Days, Despite Smears: Gallup TheEndRun.com 12/23/2011 Five days ago, on Sunday, December 18, Gallup had Iowa frontrunner Ron Paul trailing Gingrich by 18% nationally among registered GOP voters, and Romney by 14% ( 1. screenshot). Today, Gallup shows that Gingrich’s lead over Paul has shrunk to 13%, and Romney’s to the single digit range — 9% (screenshot). In other words, Ron Paul has gained 5% on both Gingrich and Romney among Republican voters nationally over the past 5 days, despite aggressive and fraudulent attempts by the Establishment media to discredit and marginalize him. Here’s a brief timeline to put this in context: 12/15/2011: Paul squares off with Gingrich and Bachmann in final GOP debate before Iowa caucus (video) 12/16/2011: Paul appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (video), and raises approximately $3 million in 24 hours during “moneybomb” (and another million over the next two days) 12/17/2011: Bloomberg reports that Paul (who wants to cut $1 trillion in his first year in office) leads in donations from Federal Employees (link) 12/18/2011: In Iowa, PPP poll shows Paul taking lead while Gingrich implodes (link) Gallup shows Paul trailing Gingrich by 18% and Romney by 14% among GOP voters nationally (screenshot)