The margin of error is plus/minus 4%, on this one and essentially on the other one that Ender felt was an outlier (well, 3.8%, but what's a few basis points between friends).

Thus, one could spin this particular poll as a tie between Romney and Santorum.  

When Paul was leading or tied when MOE was taken into account, the media *never* spun it that way.  And, looking at the poll questions and the order they're being asked, yeah, I'd say there's a bit of spin being done by each polling organization.

It's still a battle for the soul of the GOP, though: fiscal conservatives versus social big-government-is-great-for-what-I-want conservatives. 

I wish someone would educate the anti-science and anti-abortion wing; it's way past time for them to join the 21st century.  Evolution is a fact.  Laws prohibiting abortion is government reaching into women's bodies.  There is no "golden era" of personal rectitude that will save us from ourselves; Christianity has been trying to bring one about for centuries and hasn't succeeded yet.  Electing Rick Santorum won't bring it about either.

But the fiscal conservatives put up with the social conservatives' ignorance, and thus is their reward.

It will be Romney, though, Ender.   He's this cycle's Kerry.
  

And with ARG it is much closer than the PPP in Michigan. So nationally we have Pew's 2 point Santorum lead, and Gallup with 2 point Romney lead. The Pew ended started collecting before PPP, and ended much later, and still got pretty much a tie. How does that compare to PPP's 15 point Santorum lead?

with passing on their intentions. It's very easy for the pollsters to manipulate the numbers, and not by fudging them either, but by picking and choosing the sample. Sure it sounds like a conspiracy theory, but come on, it was a national sample.