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Frank Luntz Focus Group Picks Winner of First GOP Debate!
Youtube ^ | 5/5/11 | Luntz Focus Group

Posted on 05/06/2011 8:23:41 AM PDT by justsaynomore

Wow, this is interesting. A focus group of SC Republican primary voters came in with only 1 supporting Cain, and left with the majority supporting Cain.

What is interesting is WHY they changed their vote. Also interesting is their feelings about the other potential candidates not showing up.


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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Cain has all of Trump’s positive qualities (successful in business, not afraid to speak his mind) with a better demeanor and none of the negatives.


21 posted on 05/06/2011 8:55:35 AM PDT by RockinRight (Maybe Trump's a stalking horse for Palin...)
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To: justsaynomore

BTTT


22 posted on 05/06/2011 8:56:53 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: justsaynomore

Bump


23 posted on 05/06/2011 8:57:47 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: justsaynomore
Cain / West 2012 .... !

(With Trump bankrolling the effort, and Palin rallying the troops.)

24 posted on 05/06/2011 8:58:00 AM PDT by Steel Wolf ("There are moderate Muslims, but Islam itself is not moderate." - Ibn Warraq)
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To: Carley

Bolton’s Lutheran as far as I know...


25 posted on 05/06/2011 8:58:21 AM PDT by RockinRight (Maybe Trump's a stalking horse for Palin...)
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To: TomGuy

The MSM fears Cain the most. That means he may be our guy.

They are busy burying the description of Cain’s performance in the last paragraphs of their articles. Devoting pages and pages of coverage to the liberal republicans, and ignoring the guy who surprised everybody.

The fix is in.


26 posted on 05/06/2011 9:00:00 AM PDT by o2bfree
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To: Melas

I was just thinking Santorum and Pawlenty made good points and didn’t say anything stupid. Your point on style/delivery is a good one though.


27 posted on 05/06/2011 9:00:07 AM PDT by csmusaret (Sarah says "Drill baby drill." Obama says "Drill in Brazil.")
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To: TomGuy

Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows who won and it makes the people saying otherwise it look ridiculously biased. Especially since people actually *saw* it with their own eyes and are watching replays today.

Cain is over 50% in the Fox poll now http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/05/06/won-debate/


28 posted on 05/06/2011 9:00:10 AM PDT by justsaynomore ("Holding hands and singing kumbayah is not a foreign policy strategy!" - Herman Cain)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Interesting that Cain won folks over, but that whole debate was a farce and not worth watching.

No serious candidates were there and it was way premature to hold this debate.


29 posted on 05/06/2011 9:01:44 AM PDT by altura ( Palin/Ryan 2012)
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To: justsaynomore
was it Tim Johnston? ... from New Mexico?

he's a liberal democrat who just hasn't come out yet

30 posted on 05/06/2011 9:01:44 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: TomGuy
since the word for the morning on Fox&Friends seemed to be ‘Pawlenty won’. Several different commentators/newsies called Pawlenty the winner...

Pawlenty is a "safe" candidate for the Republican country-club elite to get behind.

31 posted on 05/06/2011 9:02:45 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Cain is the BOMB


32 posted on 05/06/2011 9:04:33 AM PDT by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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To: altura

Hmmm.

I must have missed the memo where you were appointed as judge as to just who is and who is not a serious candidate. A lot of folks now hold office who probably didn’t match your criteria for “serious.”

And with social media being what it is, serious can happen almost overnight.


33 posted on 05/06/2011 9:05:35 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: RockinRight

Thanks, have heard so many conflicting stories on his religion. Frankly, I don’t care what religion he is, he’s an honorable man with a vast knowledge of the players on the world state.

There were many in the UN who spoke out in admiration when he was our ambassador. People appreciate straight talk and honest dealings.


34 posted on 05/06/2011 9:05:43 AM PDT by Carley (We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. W, 9/20/01)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Cain was impressive but I also consider the heavy hitters were not represented at this debate. He has a tough haul in that respect...time will tell.

But it’s very early still and others have not claimed running or not...and I question why this debate happened in the first place.


35 posted on 05/06/2011 9:06:47 AM PDT by caww
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To: justsaynomore

I like Cain....a lot....but Chris Wallace nailed it this morning on Fox and Friends when he said that, impressive as he was, Cain really needs to bone up on foreign policy (i.e. actually HAVE a foreign policy plan) to play in this league.

He truly was dead-on right. It’s great to have business acumen and common sense, combined with an appreciation of true American Constitutional values. Cain has all that; all to the good. Still, he’s wanting a role that demands much more. He needs a Brain Trust right away and needs to do his homework......then he’ll have a real chance.


36 posted on 05/06/2011 9:07:58 AM PDT by RightOnline
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To: Carley

I love Bolton! If he couldn’t be VP, I’d make him secretary of state.

Dream ticket. And Its just a dream.....

President Mark Steyn - We can forge his birth certificate later.

Mark Levin, Vice President. I’d love to see him preside over congress.”Get off the floor you jerk!”

Herman Cain - Secretary of the Treasury

John Bolton - Secretary of State

Allen West - Secretary of Defense

Chris Christie - Department of Labor
....
Sarah Palin - Department of Energy

Ron Paul - Federal Reserve

David Horowitz - Department of Education

Rush Limbaugh - Head of the FCC, Green Czar,


37 posted on 05/06/2011 9:09:01 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Obama doesn't want to "spike the football" but does a victory lap around the 9/11 memorial....)
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To: justsaynomore

Probably all of the men up there are fine men and have some good ideas, but we need someone forceful, tough, plain spoken. Besides Cain, the others seem like dweebs. We gotta have someone with a big personality to go against Obama. They can’t be all personality like Trump, but big personality has gotta be part of it. I like Cain and I will enthusiastically support him should he get it. The only other one I see out there that has a big enough plain, talking personality out there like Herman Cain is Sarah Palin.


38 posted on 05/06/2011 9:11:12 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: stocksthatgoup

Wow, that would rock!


39 posted on 05/06/2011 9:11:51 AM PDT by Scutter
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To: dragonblustar

I like your list. I’d add Dennis Prager on there for something though.


40 posted on 05/06/2011 9:12:24 AM PDT by beaversmom
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