Mitt Romney leads in a Quinnipiac University poll released today with 22 percent support among Republicans and those leaning Republican. He’s followed by Herman Cain (17 percent), Rick Perry (14 percent), Sarah Palin (9 percent), Newt Gingrich (8 percent), Ron Paul (6 percent), Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum (3 percent), and Jon Huntsman (1 percent). When Palin supporters were forced to give a second choice, the results were: Romney (24 percent), Cain (18 percent), and Perry (15 percent).