A new national survey of Republican voters' presidential preferences for 2012 finds Newt Gingrich siphoning support from Mitt Romney, allowing Mike Huckabee to take a small lead. The PPP poll added Gingrich to the mix this time, and with Sarah Palin, the four potential candidates finished within 5 points of each other.

Huckabee 25
Romney 23
Gingrich 21
Palin 20
Paul 8
Und 3

The survey was conducted May 7-9 of 539 likely GOP primary voters, with a +/- 4.2% margin of error. It did not include two Midwesterners that could make a splash if they decide to run.

Former Bush adviser Mark McKinnon writes today on the Daily Beast that with conventional wisdom tossed out the window because of the current political climate, who is likely to gain traction? "The odds increasingly favor someone like Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels or South Dakota Senator John Thune," he writes.

RCP reported a year ago that during a speech in Washington, Daniels told a crowd of conservatives that governor would be the last public office he held. But former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, who's running for his old seat this year, told RCP in an interview this week that Daniels is "considering it with some seriousness."

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