While Texas Gov. Rick Perry is leading the field of Republican presidential hopefuls in most national polls, GOP voters in New Hampshire -- home of the first primary -- appear to be solidly behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Romney led three polls, released this week, by a wide margin -- though two of the polls showed his chief rival, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in second place while the other had U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas as the runner-up.

While Texas Gov. Rick Perry is leading the field of Republican presidential hopefuls in most national polls, GOP voters in New Hampshire -- home of the first primary -- appear to be solidly behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Romney led three polls, released this week, by a wide margin -- though two of the polls showed his chief rival, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in second place while the other had U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas as the runner-up.

Before the hopefuls for the Republican presidential nomination clashed in a debate Thursday night, seven spoke to the crowd at an event hosted by the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a social conservative organization led by Ralph Reed. The event kicked off the Republican Party of Floridas Presidency 5 event in Orlando by taking aim at President Barack Obama.

This weekend is the beginning of the end of the Obama presidency, Reed told a cheering crowd.

Gov. Rick Perry of Texas on Tuesday announced his leadership team for the Republican Party of Floridas Presidency 5 event in Orlando later this week that includes some of the heavy hitters in Florida politics. Perry will compete in a straw poll on Saturday that two of his chief rivals -- U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts -- have downplayed.