Fox national: Romney 17% Perry 14% Bachmann 10% Giuliani 9% Palin 9% Paul 9%

[Mr. Morden]

Fox News national poll:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/21/fox-news-poll-romney-perry-bachmann-top-2012-gop-picks/

Romney 17%
Perry 14%
Bachmann 10%
Giuliani 9%
Palin 9%
Paul 9%
Cain 5%
Gingrich 4%
Pawlenty 2%
Santorum 2%

If Palin and Perry don't run:

Romney 26%
Bachmann 15%
Paul 10%
Gingrich 9%
Cain 9%
Santorum 4%
Pawlenty 3%
Huntsman 2%
Johnson 1%

General election mathcups:

Obama 47%
Romney 41%

Obama 47%
Pawlenty 37%

Obama 47%
Perry 37%

Obama 49%
Bachmann 38%

Obama 48%
Cain 35%

[Mr. Morden]

Where is Perry's support coming from, both in this poll and in the CNN poll?  Does he really have that much press attention?  I don't get it.

I have the same question about Paul. Nationally he's doing quite well, but his support goes down in the states' polls.

A large fraction of the state polls are done by one pollster: PPP.  So there could be some built-in biases or eccentricities that aren't manifesting themselves in the national polls, which are conducted by other pollsters.