With just hours until Super Tuesday, a new survey of likely voters indicates that in a matchup between former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, a majority would choose suicide over either candidate. The poll, conducted by the University of Minnesotas Opinion Research Institute, shows Mr. Romney drawing twenty-one per cent, Mr. Santorum eighteen per cent, and various forms of suicide sixty-one per cent. Throwing yourself in front of a speeding city bus was the most popular means of suicide, at twenty-two per cent, with jumping off the roof of a really tall building or bridge coming in second, at seventeen per cent. According to pollster Davis Logsdon, the surging popularity of suicide bodes ill for both Governor Romney and Senator Santorum as Presidential candidates in 2012. Its still early, but even at this stage of the game the prospect of one of those two being nominated shouldnt be making voters want to kill themselves in these numbers, Mr. Logsdon said. Reached on the campaign trail in Columbus, Mr. Romney pointed out that while he did not do as well as suicide, he still polled higher than Senator Santorum, adding, Thats better than a sharp stick in the eye. But Mr. Logsdon was quick to throw cold water on Mr. Romneys upbeat assessment: In a head-to-head matchup, a sharp stick in the eye beats Romney by a two-to-one margin. Elsewhere, exit polls in Russia showed that Vladimir Putin did particularly well among voters who described themselves as not wanting to be imprisoned. 