Perry takes lead in Florida — after Monday debate; Update: Also national lead in Bloomberg poll, but …

Perry takes lead in Florida — after Monday debate; Update: Also national lead in Bloomberg poll, but …

After Monday’s debate in Florida, most people expected Rick Perry’s rapid rise to the top of the polls for Republican presidential candidates to slow or halt, having taken a beating over the Gardasil mandate and immigration. His attack on Social Security was supposed to scare off seniors. However, as RealClearPolitics reported last night, a new poll by Insider Advantage shows Perry grabbing a nine-point lead in the Sunshine State in a survey taken the next day:

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