From Time: With less than three months before voting begins for the Republican presidential nomination, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is outpacing the GOP field in the first four primary states, according to a new CNN/TIME/ORC poll. Former pizza magnate Herman Cain is running second in each pivotal early battleground. The implied narrative here is that Romney could run the table in the first four states and the race for the nomination could be over. This is unlikely to happen, because, as you will see from the poll results below, Romney’s leads in Iowa and South Carolina are precarious. New Hampshire: Romney 40 Cain 13 Paul 12 Huntsman 6 Gingrich 5 Perry 4 Bachmann 2 Santorum 1 Iowa Romney 24 Cain 21 Paul 12 Gingrich 10 Perry 10 Bachmann 6 Santorum 2 Huntsman 1 South Carolina Romney 25 Cain 23 Paul 12 Perry 11 Gingrich 8 Bachmann 4 Huntsman 1 Santorum 1 Florida Romney 25 Cain 23 Paul 12 Perry 11 Gingrich 8 Bachmann 4 Huntsman 1 Santorum 1