Posted on 09/28/2011 9:43:46 AM PDT by Rudder
Herman Cain did well in last weeks GOP debate and won a decisive straw poll victory in Florida, but his numbers in a general election match-up against President Obama are little changed.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds that Obama earns 39% support while Cain attracts 34%. In that match-up, 14% prefer some other candidate, and 14% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
A month ago, the president led Cain by seven percentage points. In March Obama held an 18 point advantage over the businessman and talk show host.
Data released earlier today shows that voters nationwide are evenly divided as to whether or not Cain is qualified to be president 30% say yes, 33% no, and 37% are not sure. Republicans, by a 49% to 17% margin believe he is qualified while most Democrats disagree. Among Republicans, Cains numbers on this question are similar to Rick Perrys but not as strong as Mitt Romneys.
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We have a winner, here!
My take is that one could substitute virtually any Republican wannabe's name in these last few polls and one would obtain substantially the same results because Obama is crashing and whoever Rasmussen puts up against him last is the greatest beneficiary.
It is my hypothesis that the less we have the fear on the issue of electability the wider our scope to nominate a hard conservative. I take this as bad news for Romney, good news for Cain, of course, but also good news for Rick Santorum, Bachmann, and, yes, Newt Gingrich.
Rats don’t think Cain is qualified but they thought zero was qualified? That is STUPID!
Barring a major gaffe or dirty skeleton in his closet, I think Cain is going to win Iowa, be competitive in New Hampshire, and win South Carolina BIG. If that happens, he will probably win Florida. The GOP establishment will try to derail him on Super Tuesday, but it will probably be too late.
That, FRiends, is Herman Cain’s path to the nomination.
doesn’t take much to give people money you can just tax and borrow
he’s got a lot of work cut out for him. But we’re going to try as much as we can so he can make a difference.
“The GOP establishment will try to derail him on Super Tuesday, but it will probably be too late.”
Prayers and money should help. Get on the Cain train!
It is still early yet, with more than a year to the election. Many people aren’t paying close attention to the Republican primaries, and Herman Cain has had to struggle until just recently to get media coverage. And Herman Cain is within five points of Obama among likely voters in this poll.
Imagine when the nation at large becomes aware of Herman Cain and gets to know him! What’s the phrase? Katy bar the door!
IMO Obummer’s failure to crack 40% is the big story here. Cain’s number is good given that many people know nothing about him.
Bumbling, stuttering, no job experience (D) = brilliant
Articulate, successful, patriotic (R) = dimwit
You have understand how to judge qualifications. (D) is the only qualification that matters.
That’s what I got.
0bama is only 39% against Cain and the only one under 40%). He polls better by at least 6% points against any other candidate.
And it’s early. :-)
Exactly - Cain has 50% name recognition prior to the last debate and FL poll win. Obama has 100%. It will be interesting to see what the next few months bring
Iowa loves upstarts, and Cain has a good ground game. His supporters are loyal. Everyone that sees him in person converts, so to speak.
—That, FRiends, is Herman Cains path to the nomination.—
One can hope.
I remember the first I ever heard of him was my wife reading an article about him. I said he sounded really good. And she said, “Tt’s not the best part, look.” And she showed me a picture of him. I started laughing out loud. the race card, the only one they have, will have to be turned into an “Uncle Tom” card. That will not play well.
If Cain can get past the “electability” naysayers, he will be our next president.
IT means basically this:
Obama is getting 39% no matter what. Since over 25% didn’t commit to either Obama or Cain, those voters are Cain’s for the grabbing...it’s a name recognition thing more than anything.
Considering the name recognition issue, if Cain’s only 5 pts behind Obama NOW...HE CAN BEAT HIM.
I don’t like race even being part of it, but it is, whether we like it or not.
Cain has the right approach. He seems to believe (from his words) that, in and of itself, he doesn’t believe race should be an issue, but he also knows that it is, and will address the question directly when asked.
With someone like West or Rubio (I’d prefer Rubio honestly, he’s a Senator) as a running mate, the racial aspect is destroyed, and maybe, just maybe, we can focus on the issues.
My point is that these numbers are probably not specific to Herman Cain only bought are probably applicable to most of the Republican wannabes.
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