Posted on 09/14/2011 8:26:33 AM PDT by justsaynomore
Maybe Mitt Romney doesn't have New Hampshire as wrapped up as some people are predicting....In today's Concord Monitor, Republican State Representative Steven Smith of Charlestown, NH has endorsed Herman Cain with this editorial:
"Presidential candidate Herman Cain is uniquely qualified to approach the federal government as the morass that it is and work diligently on fixing it.
Cain has experience taking over a large, troubled, complex mess and turning it into a successful enterprise, where the business owners and the employees all benefit. Cain understands government policy from a real-world perspective. In 1994, he challenged President Clinton with hard facts regarding his health-care initiative. Clinton was unable to respond. Cain did this in a respectful, polite fashion, without making it political or personal.
It is important to have a leader who can shine a light on the simple truth, and keep issues away from the sink hole of sound bite and talking point wars. It is possible to be tenacious, and challenge people, without fighting.
Cain has proposed specific, common-sense solutions for the challenges our country faces today.
In the last debate, I thought it was telling when Cain jumped in on a question and asked, "Do you want more rhetoric, or do you want solutions?" He then went on to provide some. Despite the fact that it wasn't his turn, everyone listened. At that moment I saw our next president.
If you believe that we should not elect another politician as president, and if you also believe that the time has come to put a dedicated problem-solver in the Oval Office, then I see only one choice for the Republican nomination. Join me in supporting Herman Cain. We deserve solutions, not more rhetoric."
A link to the actual endorsement is here: http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/279752/cain-is-the-one?CSAuthResp=1316012127%3Aujnm541toj06gj8nqpe89k41i3%3ACSUserId
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Outstanding! Cain would be fantastic as the nominee. I ONLY accept Cain, Bachmann, Santorum or Palin as our nominee. They are the most conservative and at least one of them should be our nominee.
You just gotta love this is in NH no less :-)
But lets not overestimate this thing.
There are 400 or so state Representatives in New Hampshire. It is a part-time job with a token salary. If you have enough time, money and patience, anyone can move there, pick the right constituency and eventually get elected as a State Representative. It is a high turnover job in a tiny state. That's not a bad thing, it just means that your 3000 or so constituents may have entirely different ideas but elect you anyway because you are a good neighbor or have a nice personality.
Or actually be one of the few people who even wants the job and can afford to take time off work to do it.
“I ONLY accept Cain, Bachmann, Santorum or Palin as our nominee.”
Shhh...you’re supposed to say that you don’t care how liberal the RINO nominee may be, as long as obama is defeated then everything will be a-okay.
You’ll upset the GOP upperclassmen and the talking heads who carry their water.
I am sick and disgusted with professional politicians. Herman Cain is my first choice then Gov. Palin. Gov. Palin has shown that she will take on the big guys of any party and win.
The rest of them are just lite dems anyway.
So, let me get this straight. Cain did very well in the last debate, he won the Luntz focus group the week before, he is 2nd in Gallup behind Perry and now he gets this endorsement from NH and you poo-poo it? I think the Cain Train is picking up steam...and I for one, am on board!
Herman isn't going to get any traction beacuse of what this guy thinks or what you or I think. He will get attention when and if he breaks out of the single digit range in the polls for more than a couple of weeks.
Shortly before the All-Star break, the Pittsburgh Pirates were in first place briefly. I wish they still were. But if wishes were fishes, we'd all have a fry.
Just because Herman Cain doesn’t win the liberal media polls, doesn’t mean he isn’t gaining traction. Boots on the ground polls, polls that cannot be spammed and polls that are of LIKELY voters (not just registered) voters are telling a different story:
Herman Cain Wins Straw Poll in Central Florida
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/blog/herman-cain-wins-straw-poll-central-florida
Herman Cain leads Gallup favorability poll - 15 of 16 weeks. Name recognition is increasing:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx
http://people-press.org/2011/08/25/obama-leadership-image-takes-a-hit-gop-ratings-decline/aug-22/
Herman Cain Wins TIR Straw Poll at Conservative Principles Conference
http://theiowarepublican.com/2011/herman-cain-wins-tir-straw-poll-at-conservative-principles-conference/
2/26 Phoenix Tea Party Patriots
1st Place: 22%
3/20 Conservative Principles Conference
1st Place: 33%
5/5 Washington State GOP Straw Poll
1st Place: 15%
5/7 Wisconsin
1st Place: 26%
7/3 Cobb County GA
1st Place: 43%
(also won Fulton, Cherokee and several other counties in GA)
7/8 Conservative Leadership Conference
1st Place: 24%
7/29 Smart Girl Politics Summit poll
2nd Place: 29% (Bachmann won)
7/30 Western Conservative Summit
1st Place: 48%
8/5 Ames Ranch (Oregon)
1st Place: 55%
Last week’s GA GOP Straw Poll
1st Place: 26%
9/3 Florida “Conservative Roar” Straw Poll
1st Place: 46%
May 20, 2011, Herman Cain soars to 1st in Zogby poll!
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/HermanCain-JohnZogby-ZogbyPoll/2011/05/20/id/397184
May 2011, First Post-Huckabee Iowa Poll Shows Cain And Bachmann Big Winners
http://www.2012iowareport.com/
May 2011, Herman voted favorite pick for president and top three “most electable”
http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/18/what-a-difference-a-debate-makes-cain-surges-to-the-top-in-latest-thedcconservativehome-tracking-poll/#ixzz1Mhjt6Jmh
May 2011, Herman tops intensity poll, increases name recognition
http://www.gallup.com/poll/147584/Huckabee-No-Clear-GOP-Front-Runner.aspx
May 2011, Herman wins a Ft. Lauderdale Tea Party poll - http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/blog/tea-party-hands-herman-cain-another-presidential-straw-poll-victory
May 2011, Zogby Poll: Herman Cain Emerging as GOP Favorite - http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/zogby-gop-herman-cain/2011/05/10/id/395873
May 2011, Herman Cain wins GOP straw poll in Washington state - http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/05/09/herman-cain-wins-gop-straw-poll/
May 2011: Conservatives: Herman Cain Showed Most Promise To Govern as a Conservative” in GOP SC Debate - http://www.conservativehq.com/article/conservatives-herman-cain-showed-most-promise-govern-conservative”-gop-sc-debate
May 2011, Herman Cain wins the first Presidential debate in SCLuntz focus group - http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/herman-cain-wins-fox-gop-presidential-debate/
May 2011, Herman comes in 3rd just 20 votes behind Romney - http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/03/hot-air-primary-survey-results-may-edition/
April 2011, Herman continues to increase in the Gallup Positive Intensity poll - now in 2nd behind Huckabee - http://secure.campaigner.com/accountsmedia/163680/gallup_intensity_ratings2.gif?rand=c45c8ea2-11eb-45b8-a40c-2a94d91e758e
April 2011, Herman comes in 2nd in a Hot Air poll of 7200 voters - http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/19/hot-air-candidate-favorability-results
April 2011, Herman comes in 3rd in the HLDSA straw poll http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/6601116713.html
March 2011, Herman wins the PA Leadership Straw Poll: http://www.paleadershipconference.org/images/strawpoll/Straw_Poll_Results.pdf
In February 2011, Herman Cain won the on-air and online presidential straw poll for WHO, Iowa’s largest talk radio station and former home to President Reagan.
In February 2011, Herman Cain won the Tea Party Patriots (Arizona) Presidential Straw Poll at their policy summit with 22 percent of the vote in a field of 14 potential candidates.
On March 26, Herman Cain won the (Iowa) presidential straw poll at Congressman Steve King’s Conservative Principles PAC Conference, with 2 1/2 times as many votes as his nearest competitor. http://theiowarepublican.com/home/2011/03/27/herman-cain-wins-tir-straw-poll-at-conservative-principles-conference/
On March 29, Herman Cain won the College Republicans’ Straw Poll in Racine, WI. http://mountpleasant.patch.com/articles/college-republicans-straw-poll-indicates-herman-cain-for-2012-presidential-run
I'm committed to supporting the most viable conservative alternative in the race when Pennsylvania's turn comes to vote in May of next year. Last month that would have been Michele Bachmann. This month maybe it is Herman Cain. It would be nice if there is something left to decide by the time our turn rolls around.
Some candidates have surges, Herman Cain has been steadily growing (and not falling off) since February. His biggest hurdle, of course, is the mainstream media ignoring him.
I have met very few people who took the time to really research him, get an idea of his character, see his work background, look at his plans indepth, and get over the fact that he is not a politician (old habits die hard). The catch is getting people to take that first step.
Too many say he can’t do it. But he IS doing it, they just don’t know.
I was going to say, there are approximately 32,000 state reps in NH, so this guy pretty much represents people he sees while walking his dog. : )
Not to say that I don’t like Herman Cain, or that I wouldn’t be touting the endorsement if I were him, but you’re correct to place the endorsement in perspective.
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