Understanding the impact of name recognition helps you figure out what the polls are really telling you about the GOP presidential race.

There's some good news for Michele Bachmann in the latest PPP polling of the GOP presidential field: she has taken over the lead from Mitt Romney.

There are lots of players in the Republican race, but in looking at the field with as critical an eye as possible I come to the inescapable conclusion that it is really only a two-man field: Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.