NOTE: Donald Trump surges ahead this afternoon:

"PPP released a poll today that shows in a hypothetical national runoff, Trump would win 26 percent of the vote, trouncing runners-up Mike Huckabee, who would garner 17 percent, Mitt Romney, who would pull in 15 percent, Newt Gingrich, who got 11 percent, and Sarah Palin, who brought in 8 percent, and Ron Paul’s 5 percent. Minnesotans Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty, who are expected to be influential candidates in the 2012 if not also favorites, took only 4 percent in the PPP poll."

- Karoun Demirjian, The Las Vegas Sun

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/apr/15/poll-shows-donald-trump-lead-among-gop-candidates/