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Three polls last week showed that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come on strong since announcing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. The latest poll from CNN only drives that fact home:

• Rick Perry: 32%
• Mitt Romney: 18%
• Michele Bachmann: 12%
• Newt Gingrich: 7%
• Ron Paul: 6%
• Herman Cain: 3%
• Gary Johnson: 2%
• Jon Huntsman: 1%
• Rick Santorum: 1%
• Thad CcCotter: 1%
• Other: 4%
• None/No opinion: 10%

Here are the numbers with Giuliani or Palin:

• Rick Perry: 27%
• Mitt Romney: 14%
• Sarah Palin: 10%
• Michele Bachmann: 9%
• Rudy Giuliani: 9%
• Newt Gingrich: 6%
• Ron Paul: 6%
• Herman Cain: 2%
• Gary Johnson: 2%
• Jon Huntsman: 1%
• Rick Santorum: 1%
• Other: 3%
• None/No opinion: 8%

Interestingly, Gary Johnson polls higher than Huntsman and Santorum and is tied with Cain. Unforunately, he still is unlikely to be included in Politico’s debate next week.

For sake of keeping it simple, we’ll confine commentary to the poll without Giuliani or Palin. Perry has jumped by 14 points while Romney has seen a 7 point drop in him numbers from the poll released by CNN earlier this month. Bachmann hasn’t moved at all. Ron Paul’s support dropped by more than half, from 14% to 6%; suggesting that Perry is, perhaps, taking support from him.

There’s not much else to take from this than we haven’t already said in the last week. In fact, it feels like we’re suffering from polling overload at this point.