A new CNN/ORC International poll shows Newt Gingrich was the top choice by far of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents asked who was most qualified to be commander in chief.
On the eve of a CNN debate on national security issues, the former House speaker was the choice of 36% of those polled on that question -- 16 points ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and nearly triple the percentage of those choosing GOP rivals Rick Perry or Herman Cain.
In a sign of the surge Gingrich has had in preference polls over the last month, he was the top choice of 24% of those surveyed, with Romney favored by 20%. The poll’s sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points means the poll is statistically a dead heat between the two.
The roles are reversed when it comes to likability: While 29% of those polled see Romney that way, only 9% say that about Gingrich. And Romney still is seen as having the best chance to beat Pr esident Barack Obama next November.
Watch the debate live on CNN and CNN.com on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET and visit CNNPolitics.com for in-depth coverage of Gingrich's resurgence.
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