This is a pretty big deal.
Does the straw poll mean he is the frontrunner? No. But it tells me these things:
Rick Perry may have done a Thomas Eagleton this past Thursday.
The party was paying attention to those debates and viewed both Cain and Santorum as worthy candidates to give a second look to as we head into the fall.
The question is whether Perry can stop his free fall.
Support for affirmative action and allowing open homosexuals in his cabinet sure to draw some fire as conservatives start to scrutinize him more.
Yes. It's a tough rebuke to those who didn't take Cain seriously--and especially to those who didn't consider him electable.
Yes. It's a tough rebuke to those who didn't take Cain seriously--and especially to those who didn't consider him electable.